The geographic, environmental and phylogenetic evolution of the Alveolinoidea from the Cretaceous to the present day.

ABSTRACT: The superfamily Alveolinoidea is a member of the Order Miliolida, and comprises three main families, the Alveolinidae, the Fabulariidae and the Rhapydioninidae. They are examples of Larger benthic foraminifera (LBF), which are single-celled organisms with specific characteristic endoskeletons. Alveolinoids are found globally from the Cretaceous to the present day, and are important biostratigraphic index fossils in shallow-marine carbonates. They are often associated with hydrocarbon reservoirs, and exhibit provincialism with characteristic genera often confined to one of the American, Tethyan or Indo-Pacific provinces. Previously, the systematic study of the global interrelationship between the various alveolinoid lineages has not been possible because of the absence of biostratigraphic c

SUBMITTER: BouDagher-Fadel MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10171430 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature