NB This site is under active development, current content in the main database is primarily from Bolli et al 1994, Hayward et al. 2012, Holbourn et al. 2013, Holbourn and Kaminski 1997, Alegret & Thomas 2001, and Katz et al. 2003. It is intended to expand and develop this to provide rather comprehensive coverage of Mesozoic and Cenozoic deep-sea benthic foraminifera.
Daughter taxa (time control age-window is: 0-800Ma)![]() | ||||
![]() | Epistomina caracolla | |||
![]() | Epistomina chapmani | |||
Epistomina sp. Specimens which cannot be assigned to established species |
Catalog entries: Epistomina, Brotzenia, Hiltermannia, Kaptarenkoella, Voorthuysenia
NB These concise distinguishing features statements are used in the tables of daughter-taxa to act as quick summaries of the differences between e.g. species of one genus.
Wall composition:
Final whorl chambers: 0->0 |
Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): within (-Ma, top in "Holocene" stage). Data source: Total of range of species in this database
First occurrence (base): within Cretaceous Period (66.04-143.10Ma, base in Berriasian stage). Data source: Total of range of species in this database
Plot of occurrence data:
NB The ranges given for genera and higher taxa are the total ranges of species included in that taxon in this database - so the true total range of the taxon will usually be longer
Hofker, J. (1954). Über die Familie Epistomariidae (Foram.). Palaeontographica. 105: 166-206. gs Kasimova, G. K. & Antonova, Z. A . (1985). Новые данные к систематике цератобулиминоидей (фораминиферы) [New data оп taxonomy of Ceratobuliminoidea (Foraminifera)[. . Академия наук СССР Вопросы микропалеонтологии - Academy of Sciences USSR Questions of Micropaleontology.. 27: 90-95. gs Loeblich, A. R. Jr & Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York. 1-970. gs Salaj, J. (1984). Foraminifers and detailed microbiostratigraphy of the boundary beds of the Lower Cretaceous stages in the Tunisian Atlas. Geologiscky Zbornik -Geologica Carpathica. 35(5): 583-599. gsReferences:
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Epistomina compiled by the bforams@mikrotax project team viewed: 13-7-2025
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