Loftusiida

Loftusiida is an order of foraminifers in the class Globothalamea.

Loftusiida
Orbitolina texana (Roemer). Fossil shell of a foramanifera from the Glen Rose Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Comal County, Texas.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	SAR
(unranked):	Rhizaria
Phylum:	Retaria
Subphylum:	Foraminifera
Class:	Globothalamea
Subclass:	Textulariia
Order:	Loftusiida Kaminski & Mikhalevich, 2000
Suborders, superfamilies and families
See text

Subtaxa

Suborder Ataxophragmiina

• Superfamily Ataxophragmioidea
  • Family Ataxophragmiidae
  • Family †Cuneolinidae
  • Family Dictyopsellidae
  • Family Dicyclinidae
  • Family Globotextulariidae
  • Family Montsaleviidae
  • Family Textulariellidae

Suborder Biokovinina

• Superfamily Biokovinoidea (Biokovinacea)
  • Family Biokovinidae
  • Family Charentiidae
  • Family Lituoliporidae
• Superfamily Coscinophragmatoidea
  • Family Coscinophragmatidae
  • Family Haddoniidae

Suborder Cyclolinina

• Superfamily Cyclolinoidea
  • Family Cyclolinidae

Suborder Loftusiina

• Superfamily Haplophragmioidea
  • Family Cribratinidae
  • Family Haplophragmiidae
  • Family Labyrinthidomatidae
• Superfamily Loftusioidea (Loftusiacea)
  • Family Cyclamminidae
  • Family Ecougellidae
  • Family Everticyclamminidae
  • Family Hottingeritidae
  • Family Loftusiidae
  • Family Mesoendothyridae
  • Family Spirocyclinidae
  • Family Syrianidae

Suborder Orbitolinina

• Superfamily Coskinolinoidea
  • Family Coskinolinidae
• Superfamily Orbitolinoidea
  • Family Orbitolinidae
• Superfamily Pfenderinoidea
  • Family Hauraniidae
  • Family Parurgoninidae
  • Family Pfenderinidae

References

• On the heterogeneity of the former Textulariina (Foraminifera). VI Mikhalevich, Proceedings of the Sixth International Workshop on …, 2004

External links

• Data related to Loftusiida at Wikispecies
• Media related to Loftusiida at Wikimedia Commons
• Loftusiida at the World Foraminifera Database