Domain Eukaryota Subphylum Foraminifera Order Miliolida | Phylum Retaria Class Miliolata Rank Family | |
Meandropsinidae is a 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.
Includes such genera as Meandropsina, Ayalaina, Broeckina, and Fallotia.
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