The Miliolida are an order of foraminifera with calcareous, porcelacous tests that are imperforate and commonly have a pseudochitinous lining.[2] Tests are composed of randomly oriented calcite needles that have a high proportion of magnesium along with organic material. Tests lack pores and generally have multiple chambers.
| Miliolida Temporal range: Carboniferous - Recent
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| Quinqueloculina sp. from Donegal Bay, Ireland. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Phylum: | Retaria |
| Subphylum: | Foraminifera |
| Class: | Tubothalamea |
| Order: | Miliolida Delage & Hérouard, 1896 |
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Miliolids, which range from the Carboniferous to recent, are benthic Foraminifera abundant in shallow waters such as in estuaries and along coastlines, though they also include deepwater oceanic forms.[3]
The order Miliolida, sometimes referred to as a suborder, the Miliolina, is divided on the basis of differences in test morphology into five recognized superfamilies.
References edit
- ^ "Miliolina". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- ^ Loeblich, Alfred R.; Tappan, Helen (1964). Moore, R.C. (ed.). Protista 2: Sarcodina Chiefly "Thecamoebians" and Foraminiferida. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Vol. C (5th ed.). Geological Society of America. pp. 436–510a. ISBN 978-0-8137-3003-5.
- ^ Omaña, L.; Alencaster, G.; Buitrón, B.E. (2016). "Mid-early late Albian foraminiferal assemblage from the El Abra Formation in the El Madroño locality, eastern Valles–San Luis Potosí Platform, Mexico: Paleoenvironmental and paleobiogeographical significance" (PDF). Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana. 68 (3): 477–492. doi:10.18268/BSGM2016v68n3a6.
- Pictures of Smaller Miliolids. USF. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
External links edit
Data related to Miliolida at Wikispecies
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