Assilina (foram)

Foraminifera - Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae

Parent taxon: Nummulitidae according to S. J. Beavington-Penney and A. Racey 2004

See also Cushman 1927 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Arnaudiella, Cycloclypeus, Dictyoconos, Heteroclypeus, Heterostegina, Nummulitella, Nummulites, Nummulostegina, Operculina, Operculinella, Palaeonummulites, Planostegina, Ranikothalia, Spiroclypeus

Subtaxa: Assilina laminosa

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Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal omnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Austria (2 collections), France (1), India (9), Iran (3), Italy (6), Maldives (2), Oman (1), Pakistan (3), Romania (1), Slovenia (1), Spain (8), Turkey (2)

• Paleocene to Eocene of China (1), India (3), Iraq (2)

• Paleocene of India (2), Iraq (9), Pakistan (1), Slovenia (2)

• Cretaceous of Tanzania (1)

Total: 60 collections including 76 occurrences

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