This genus is known in the fossil record from the
Jurassic to the
Eocene (from about 175.6 to 37.2 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Europe, Canada, China, Colombia (
Coquina Group,
La Guajira), Pakistan, Paua New Guinea, Thailand, Japan, Somalia, Nigeria, Iran, Tanzania, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Madagascar, Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Chile.[1]
Species
The following species of Stylina have been described:[1]