ABSTRACT The taxonomy, biostratigraphy, and phylogeny of the Oligocene Globigerinitidae (comprising the genera Dipsidripella , Globigerinita and Tenuitella ) is reviewed. This family is here included in the Superfamily Globigerinitoidea based on the distinctive wall texture. The group is united by possessing a ‘radially crystalline’ wall texture (the glutinata -type wall) which typically bears pyramidal pustules and in most species is microperforate (pores <1 μm in diameter). The genus Dipsidripella is included in the family here for the first time. In Dipsidripella the wall is often medioperforate (pores 1-2 μm in diameter; danvillensis -subtype). The following species are recognized as valid and occurring in the Oligocene: Dipsidripella danvillensis (Howe and Wallace), Dipsidripella liqianyui Huber and Pearson, Globigerinita glutinata (Egger), Globigerinita uvula (Ehrenberg), Tenuitella angustiumbilicata (Bolti), Tenuitella gemma (Jenkins), Tenuitella munda (Jenkins), and Tenuitella praegemma (Li).