Meandropsinidae


Meandropsinidae is an extinct family of miliolid forams found in Upper Cretaceous 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:
  • †Alexina Hottinger & Caus, 2009
  • †Ayalaina Seiglie, 1961
  • †Eofallotia Hottinger & Caus, 2009
  • †Fallotia Douvillé, 1902
  • †Fascispira A. Silvestri, 1940
  • †Hottingerina Drobne, 1975
  • †Larrazetia Ciry, 1964
  • †Meandropsina Munier-Chalmas, 1898
  • †Nummofallotia Barrier & Neumann, 1959
  • †Pastrikella Cherchi, Radoičić & Schroeder, 1976
  • †Perouvianella G. Bizon, J.J. Bizon, Fourcade & Vachard, 1975
  • †Pseudobroeckinella Deloffre & Hamaoui, 1969
  • †Raoia Matsumaru & Sarma, 2010
  • †Spirapertolina Ciry, 1964