†family Lepidocyclinidae Scheffen 1932 (foram)

Foraminifera - Orbitoidacea - Lepidocyclinidae

Parent taxon: Orbitoidacea according to A. R. Loeblich and H. Tappan 1984

Sister taxa: Lepidorbitoididae, Orbitoididae

Subtaxa: Eulepidina Lepidocyclina Lepidocyclininae Polylepidina

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Type: Lepidocyclininae

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Cyprus (3 collections), India (1), Indonesia (7), Iran (1), Italy (1), Japan (3), Malaysia (2), Somalia (14), Tanzania (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Indonesia (1), Malta (1)

• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (8), Costa Rica (3), France (1), India (6), Italy (11), Malta (8), Pakistan (1), Puerto Rico (2), Somalia (7), Trinidad and Tobago (2), Turkey (1), United States (12: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi)

• Eocene of Belize (1), Colombia (2), Costa Rica (1), Mexico (5), Panama (4), Romania (2), United States (3: Florida), Venezuela (1)

• Paleocene to Oligocene of Belize (1)

• Paleocene of Pakistan (1)

Total: 118 collections including 185 occurrences

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