Meandropsinidae

Meandropsinidae Temporal range: Cenomanian to Middle Paleocene
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Rhizaria
Phylum:	Retaria
Subphylum:	Foraminifera
Class:	Tubothalamea
Order:	Miliolida
Suborder:	Miliolina
Superfamily:	Soritoidea
Family:	† Meandropsinidae Henson, 1948
Genera
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Meandropsinidae is an extinct family of miliolid forams found in Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) to middle Paleocene marine sediments.

Tests, or shells, are multi-chambered with complex interiors, composed of porcelaineous calcite and variable in form, including discoidal, conical, and cylindrical. Apertures are multiple, in one or more rows.

Genera

Genera included in Meandropsinidae: ^[1]

• † Alexina Hottinger & Caus, 2009
• † Ayalaina Seiglie, 1961
• † Eofallotia Hottinger & Caus, 2009
• † Fallotia Douvillé, 1902
• † Fascispira A. Silvestri, 1940
• † Hottingerina Drobne, 1975
• † Larrazetia Ciry, 1964
• † Meandropsina Munier-Chalmas, 1898
• † Nummofallotia Barrier & Neumann, 1959
• † Pastrikella Cherchi, Radoičić & Schroeder, 1976
• † Perouvianella G. Bizon, J.J. Bizon, Fourcade & Vachard, 1975
• † Pseudobroeckinella Deloffre & Hamaoui, 1969
• † Raoia Matsumaru & Sarma, 2010
• † Spirapertolina Ciry, 1964

References

1. "Meandropsinidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2018-12-04.

Further reading

• Alfred R. Loeblich, jr & Helen Tappan 1964. Sarcodina, Chiefly "Thecamoebians" and Foraminiferida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part C, Protista 2. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.
• Meandropsinidae in GSI.ir Paleontology,
• Miliolida in Foraminifera Morphological Classification