Melonis Monfort 1808 (foram)

Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Nonionidae

Parent taxon: Pulleniinae according to J.-P. Margerel 2012

See also Montfort 1808 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Chilostomellina

Subtaxa: Melonis barleeanum

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Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Italy (6 collections), Panama (1)

• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Ireland (8), Italy (1), Panama (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Ireland (1), New Zealand (1)

• Miocene to Oligocene of Canada (1: Nova Scotia)

• Miocene of Austria (1), Canada (1: Nova Scotia), the Czech Republic (1), Ecuador (2), Ireland (16), Italy (1), New Zealand (3), Slovakia (1)

• Oligocene of Canada (2: British Colombia, Nova Scotia), Germany (2), New Zealand (4)

• Eocene of Canada (2: British Columbia), Trinidad and Tobago (1), United States (2: Louisiana, Louisiana/Texas)

Total: 60 collections including 69 occurrences

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