Cassigerinellidae is an extinct family of
foraminifera
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 (cell biology), ectoplasm for catching food and ot ...
belonging to the superfamily
Guembelitrioidea and the suborder
Globigerinina
The Globigerinina is a suborder of foraminiferans that are found as marine plankton. They produce hyaline calcareous tests, and are known as fossils from the Jurassic period onwards. The group has included more than 100 genera and over 400 spec ...
.
Genera
It includes the genera ''
Cassigerinella'' and ''
Riveroinella''.
References
External links
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ForaminiferidaChapter 18: Taxonomy, Biostratigraph, and Phylogeny Of Oligocene Cassigerinella, Published: January 31, 2018
Foraminifera families
Globigerinina
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