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Nummulites

Nummulitidae

Taxonomy
Nummulites was named by Lamarck (1801) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than-l R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Nummulitidae by Wienrich (1997); to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Nummulitinae by Raafat et al. (2025).

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by S. Nurnberg on 2013-04-30

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Nummulites Lamarck
1997Nummulites Wienrich p. 86
2002Nummulites Sepkoski
2003Operculinoides Kiessling
2025Nummulites Raafat et al. p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
superfamilyNummulitaceaBlainville 1827
RankNameAuthor
familyNummulitidaeBlainville 1827
subfamilyNummulitinaede Blainville 1827
genusNummulitesLamarck 1801

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Nummulites Lamarck 1801
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Nummulites biarritzensis d'Archiac and Haime 1853
Nummulites carmenensis Anderson 1928
Nummulites chavannesi de la Harpe 1878
Nummulites deserti de la Harpe 1883
Nummulites fraasi de la Harpe 1883
Nummulites globulus Leymerie 1846
Nummulites heeri de la Harpe 1883
Nummulites incrassatus de la Harpe 1883
Nummulites laevigatus Bruguière 1792
Nummulites lyelli dArchiac and Haime 1853
Nummulites madaraszi Hantken 1876
Nummulites midawaraensis Kenawy 1978
Nummulites paleocaenicus Hillebrandt 1962
Nummulites stellatus Roveda 1961
Nummulites striatus Bruguière 1792
Nummulites subvasseuri Douvillé 1920
Nummulites variolarius Lamarck 1804
Nummulites vasseuri Douvillé 1920
Invalid names: Operculinoides [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available