Meandropsinidae is an extinct family of
miliolid
The Miliolida are an order of foraminifera with calcareous, porcelacous tests that are imperforate and commonly have a pseudochitinous lining. Tests are composed of randomly oriented calcite needles that have a high proportion of magnesium alon ...
forams
Foraminifera (; Latin for "hole bearers"; informally called "forams") are single-celled organisms, members of a phylum or class of amoeboid protists characterized by streaming granular ectoplasm for catching food and other uses; and commonly an ...
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:
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Alexina''
Hottinger & Caus, 2009
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Ayalaina''
Seiglie, 1961
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Eofallotia''
Hottinger & Caus, 2009
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Fallotia''
Douvillé, 1902
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Fascispira''
A. Silvestri, 1940
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Hottingerina''
Drobne, 1975
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Larrazetia''
Ciry, 1964
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Meandropsina''
Munier-Chalmas, 1898
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Nummofallotia''
Barrier & Neumann, 1959
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Pastrikella''
Cherchi, Radoičić & Schroeder, 1976
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Perouvianella''
G. Bizon, J.J. Bizon, Fourcade & Vachard, 1975
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Pseudobroeckinella''
Deloffre & Hamaoui, 1969
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Raoia''
Matsumaru & Sarma, 2010
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Spirapertolina''
Ciry, 1964
References
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 Classificatio
Foraminifera families
Prehistoric SAR supergroup families
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