Morphostructure and paleobiology of Mesogean orthophragminids (Discocyclinidae and Orbitoclypeidae, Foraminifera)

Orthophragminids are Paleocene-Eocene bilamellarperforate larger foraminifers characterized by a lenticular test with an equatorial layer of rectangular chamberlets arranged in concentric rings and lateral chamberlets on either side. Usually called 'discocyclinids', orthophragrninids include genera from two families: Discocyclinidae and Orbitoclypeidae.