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Globigerinidae
Taxonomy
Globigerinidae was named by Carpenter et al. (1862). It is extant.
It was assigned to Foraminifera by Cushman (1927); to Globigerinacea by Bertels (1970), Snyder et al. (1983), Loeblich and Tappan (1984); and to Globigerinoidea by Leckie et al. (2018), Lam and Leckie (2020).
It was assigned to Foraminifera by Cushman (1927); to Globigerinacea by Bertels (1970), Snyder et al. (1983), Loeblich and Tappan (1984); and to Globigerinoidea by Leckie et al. (2018), Lam and Leckie (2020).
Subtaxa
Beella, Biorbulina, Candeininae, Catapsydrax, Ciperoella, Dentoglobigerina, Eoglobigerina, Globigerina, Globigerinatella, Globigerinatheka (syn. Globigerapsis), Globigerinella (syn. Bolliella), Globigerininae, Globigerinoides, Globigerinoidesella, Globoquadrina, Globorotaloides, Globoturborotalita, Guembelitrioides, Orbulina, Orbulininae, Paragloborotalia, Parasubbotina, Praeorbulina, Pulleniatininae, Sphaeroidinella, Sphaeroidinellinae, Sphaeroidinellopsis, Subbotina, Trilobatus, Turborotalita, Zeaglobigerina
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1862 | Globigerinidae Carpenter et al. |
| 1927 | Globigerinidae Cushman p. 87 |
| 1970 | Globigerinidae Bertels p. 44 |
| 1983 | Globigerinidae Snyder et al. p. 465 |
| 1984 | Globigerinidae Loeblich and Tappan |
| 2018 | Globigerinidae Leckie et al. p. 127 |
| 2020 | Globigerinidae Lam and Leckie |
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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.
Fm. Globigerinidae Carpenter et al. 1862
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G. †Biorbulina Blow 1956
G. †Catapsydrax Bolli et al. 1957
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†Catapsydrax africanus Blow and Banner 1962
†Catapsydrax dissimilis Cushman and Bermudez 1937
†Catapsydrax globiformis Blow and Banner 1962
†Catapsydrax howei Blow and Banner 1962
†Catapsydrax martini Blow and Banner 1962
G. †Ciperoella Olsson et al. 2018
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†Ciperoella anguliofficinalis Blow 1969
†Ciperoella angulisuturalis Bolli 1957
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Invalid names: Globigerina ottnangiensis Rögl 1969 [synonym]
†Ciperoella ciperoensis Bolli 1954
†Ciperoella fariasi Bermudez 1961
G. †Dentoglobigerina Blow 1979
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†Dentoglobigerina altispira Cushman and Jarvis 1936
†Dentoglobigerina baroemoenensis LeRoy 1939
†Dentoglobigerina galavisi Bermudez 1961
†Dentoglobigerina globularis Bermudez 1961
†Dentoglobigerina juxtabinaiensis Fox and Wade 2013
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Invalid names: Globigerina binaiensis Koch 1935 [synonym]
†Dentoglobigerina larmeui Akers 1955
†Dentoglobigerina prasaepis Blow 1967
†Dentoglobigerina pseudovenezuelana Blow and Banner 1962
†Dentoglobigerina sellii Borsetti 1959
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Invalid names: Globigerina oligocaenica Blow and Banner 1962 [synonym], Globoquadrina dehiscens praedehiscens Blow and Banner 1962 [synonym], Globoquadrina obesa Akers 1955 [synonym]
†Dentoglobigerina tripartita Koch 1926
†Dentoglobigerina venezuelana Hedberg 1937
†Globigerina tripartita triparitita Koch 1926
Invalid names: Globigerina ampliapertura euapertura Blow and Banner 1962 [synonym]
G. †Eoglobigerina Morozova 1959
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†Eoglobigerina appressa Blow 1979
†Eoglobigerina edita Subbotina 1953
†Eoglobigerina eobulloides Morozova 1959
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Invalid names: Eoglobigerina eobulloides simplicissima Blow 1979 [synonym], Eoglobigerina fringa Subbotina 1950 [synonym]
†Eoglobigerina extensa Blow 1979
†Eoglobigerina trivialis Subbotina 1953
G. Globigerina d'Orbigny 1826
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Subg. †Globigerina (Globigerina) Fraass et al. 2024
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†Globigerina (Globigerina) ciperoensis Bolli 1954
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Invalid names: Globigerina concinna Reuss 1850 [synonym]
†Globigerina (Globigerina) eamesi Blow 1959
Subg. †Globigerina (Globoturborotalita) Hofker 1976
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†Globigerina (Globoturborotalita) woodi Jenkins 1964
†Globigerina (Globoturborotalita) woodi brazieri Jenkins 1966
Subg. †Globigerina (Subbotina) Hagn and Lindenberg 1966
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†Globigerina (Subbotina) eocaena von Gümbel 1868
†Globigerina (Subbotina) linaperta Finlay 1939
†Globigerina angiporoides Hornibrook 1965
†Globigerina angiporoides angiporoides Hornibrook 1965
†Globigerina aquiensis Loeblich and Tappan 1957
†Globigerina arabica El-Naggar 1966
†Globigerina archaeobulloides Spezzaferri et al. 2018
†Globigerina bollii Cita and Premoli Silva 1960
†Globigerina brevis Jenkins 1966
†Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826
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Invalid names: Globigerina quadrilatera Galloway and Wissler 1927 [synonym]
†Globigerina circumnodifer Finlay 1940
†Globigerina clarae Bermudez 1961
†Globigerina collactea Finlay 1939
†Globigerina corpulenta Subbotina 1953
†Globigerina danvillensis Howe and Wallace 1932
†Globigerina decepta Martin 1943
†Globigerina delrioensis Carsey 1954
†Globigerina dubia Egger 1857
†Globigerina eocaenica Terquem 1882
†Globigerina falconensis Blow 1959
†Globigerina foliata Bolli 1957
†Globigerina gortanii Borsetti 1959
†Globigerina gortanii gortanii Borsetti 1959
†Globigerina haynesi El-Naggar 1966
†Globigerina hornibrooki Brönnimann 1952
†Globigerina hoterivica Subbotina 1953
†Globigerina kelleri Subbotina 1953
†Globigerina medizzai Toumarkine and Bolli 1975
†Globigerina microfoliata Brönnimann and Resig 1971
†Globigerina neofalconensis Fabbrini et al. 2023
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Invalid names: Globorotalia (Turborotalia) palpebra Brönnimann and Resig 1971 [synonym]
†Globigerina nepenthoides Brönnimann and Resig 1971
†Globigerina nodosa El-Naggar 1966
†Globigerina occlusa Blow and Banner 1962
†Globigerina planispira Tappan 1940
†Globigerina pseudodruryi Brönnimann and Resig 1971
†Globigerina pseudoiota Hornibrook 1958
†Globigerina quadripartita Koch 1926
†Globigerina quadritriloculinoides Khalilov 1956
†Globigerina rosacea Bermudez and Seiglie 1963
†Globigerina rotundata d'Orbigny 1826
†Globigerina rotundata jacksonensis Bandy 1949
†Globigerina senni Beckmann 1953
†Globigerina spinuloinflata Bandy 1949
†Globigerina stainforthi Brönnimann 1952
†Globigerina stainforthi praestainforthi Blow 1979
†Globigerina taroubaensis Brönnimann 1952
†Globigerina trivialis Subbotina 1953
†Globigerina turritilina Blow and Banner 1962
†Globigerina umbilicata Orr and Zaitzeff 1971
†Globigerina utilisindex Jenkins and Orr 1973
†Globigerina velascoensis Cushman 1925
†Globigerina velascoensis compressa White 1928
†Globigerina voluta White 1928
†Globigerina washitensis Carsey 1926
†Globigerina weissi Saito 1963
†Globigerina yeguaensis Weinzierl and Applin 1929
G. †Globigerinatella Cushman and Stainforth 1945
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†Globigerinatella insueta Cushman and Stainforth 1945
G. †Globigerinatheka Bermudez 1949
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Subg. †Globigerinatheka (Globigerapsis) Jenkins 1971
Subg. †Globigerinatheka (Globigerinatheka) Jenkins 1971
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†Globigerinatheka (Globigerinatheka) index Jenkins 1971
†Globigerinatheka index Finlay 1939
†Globigerinatheka korotkovi Keller 1946
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Invalid names: Globigerinatheka subconglobata subconglobata Shutskaya 1958 [synonym], Globigerinoides rubriformis Subbotina 1953 [synonym]
†Globigerinatheka kugleri Bolli et al. 1957
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Invalid names: Globigerapsis kugleri kugleri Blow 1979 [synonym], Globigerina mexicana Cushman 1925 [synonym], Globigerinatheka barri Brönnimann 1952 [synonym], Porticulasphaera mexicana mexicana Blow 1979 [synonym]
†Globigerinatheka luterbacheri Bolli 1972
†Globigerinatheka senni Fleisher 1974
†Globigerinatheka subconglobata Shutskaya 1958
†Globigerinatheka tropicalis Blow and Banner 1962
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Invalid names: Globigerinatheka lindiensis Blow and Banner 1962 [synonym]
Invalid names: Globigerapsis [synonym], Globigerinatheka index index Bolli 1972 [synonym], Globigerinatheka mexicana mexicana Bolli 1972 [synonym]
G. Globigerinella Cushman 1927
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†Globigerina calida praecalida Blow 1967
†Globigerinella adamsi Banner and Blow 1959
†Globigerinella aequilateralis Brady 1879
†Globigerinella calida Parker 1962
†Globigerinella clavaticamerata Jenkins 1977
†Globigerinella megaperta Roegl 1994
†Globigerinella messinae Bronnimann 1952
†Globigerinella navazuelensis Molina 1979
†Globigerinella obesa Bolli 1957
†Globigerinella praesiphonifera Blow 1969
†Globigerinella pseudovoluta Bandy 1949
Globigerinella radians Egger 1893
†Globigerinella roeglina Spezzaferri et al. 2018
†Globigerinella siphonifera d'Orbigny 1839
†Globigerinella subcarinata Bronninmann 1952
†Globigerinella wagneri Roegl 1994
Invalid names: Bolliella Banner and Blow 1959 [synonym]
Subfm. †Globigerininae
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G. †Globoconusa Khaliov 1956
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†Globoconusa daubjergensis Bronnimann 1953
†Globoconusa quadripartitaformis Khalilov 1956
G. Globigerinoides Cushman 1927
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†Globigerinoides altiapertura Bolli 1957
†Globigerinoides altiaperturus Bolli 1957
†Globigerinoides bollii Blow 1959
†Globigerinoides bulloideus Crescenti 1966
†Globigerinoides conglobatus Brady 1879
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Invalid names: Globigerinoides canimarensis Bermúdez 1961 [synonym]
†Globigerinoides diminutus Bolli 1957
†Globigerinoides elongatus d'Orbigny 1826
†Globigerinoides extremus Bolli and Bermudez 1965
†Globigerinoides italicus Mosna and Vercesi 1975
†Globigerinoides joli Spezzaferri et al. 2018
†Globigerinoides kennetti Keller and Poore 1980
†Globigerinoides mitra Todd 1957
†Globigerinoides neoparawoodi Spezzaferri et al. 2018
†Globigerinoides obliquus extremus Bolli and Bermudez 1965
†Globigerinoides parawoodi Keller 1981
†Globigerinoides pseudosellii Brönnimann and Resig 1971
†Globigerinoides ruber d'Orbigny 1839
†Globigerinoides ruber albus d'Orbigny 1826
†Globigerinoides rublobatus Latas et al. 2023
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Invalid names: Globigerinoides gomitulus Seguenza 1880 [synonym]
†Globigerinoides seigliei Bermudez and Bolli 1969
†Globigerinoides subquadratus Broenniman and Todd 1954
†Globigerinoides subquadratus subelongatus Brönnimann and Resig 1971
†Globigerinoides tenellus Parker 1958
†Globigerinoides triloba Reuss 1850
†Globigerinoides trilobus Reuss 1850
†Globigerinoides trilobus trilobus Jenkins 1971
G. †Globigerinoidesella El-Naggar 1971
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†Globigerinoidesella fistulosa Schubert 1910
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Invalid names: Globigerinoidesella bollii Loeblich and Tappan 1994 [synonym]
G. †Globoquadrina Finlay 1947
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†Globoquadrina altispira conica Brönnimann and Resig 1971
†Globoquadrina conglomerata Schwager 1866
†Globoquadrina dehiscens Chapman et al. 1934
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Invalid names: Globorotalia quadraria Cushman and Ellisor 1939 [synonym], Globorotalia subdehiscens Finlay 1947 [synonym]
†Globoquadrina rohri Bolli 1957
†Globoquadrina tapuriensis Blow and Banner 1962
G. Globorotaloides Bolli 1957
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†Globorotaloides eovariabilis Olsson et al. 2006
†Globorotaloides hexagonus Natland 1938
†Globorotaloides quadrocameratus Olsson et al. 2006
†Globorotaloides stainforthi Bolli et al. 1957
†Globorotaloides variabilis Bolli 1957
G. †Globoturborotalita Hofker 1976
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†Globigerina nepenthes delicatula Brönnimann and Resig 1971
†Globoturborotalita anguliofficinalis Blow 1967
†Globoturborotalita apertura Cushman 1918
†Globoturborotalita barbula Pearson and Wade 2015
†Globoturborotalita bollii Cita and Premoli Silva 1960
†Globoturborotalita brazieri Jenkins 1966
†Globoturborotalita cancellata Pessagno 1963
†Globoturborotalita ciperoensis Bolli 1954
†Globoturborotalita connecta Jenkins 1964
†Globoturborotalita decoraperta Takayanagi and Saito 1962
†Globoturborotalita druryi Akers 1955
†Globoturborotalita eolabiacrassata Spezzaferri et al. 2018
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Invalid names: Globigerina lentiana Rögl 1969 [synonym], Globigerina senilis Bandy 1949 [synonym], Globoturborotalita bassriverensis Olsson et al. 2006 [synonym]
†Globoturborotalita euapertura Jenkins 1960
†Globoturborotalita gnaucki Blow and Banner 1962
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†Globigerina ouachitaensis gnaucki Blow and Banner 1962
Invalid names: Globigerina ouachitaensis Howe and Wallace 1932 [synonym]
†Globoturborotalita labiacrassata Jenkins 1966
†Globoturborotalita nepenthes Todd 1957
†Globoturborotalita ouachitaensis Howe and Wallace 1932
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†Globigerina officinalis angulisuturalis Bolli 1957
Invalid names: Globigerina officinalis Subbotina 1953 [synonym]
†Globoturborotalita paracancellata Spezzaferri et al. 2018
†Globoturborotalita pseudopraebulloides Spezzaferri et al. 2018
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†Globigerina praebulloides pseudociperoensis Blow 1967
Invalid names: Globigerina praebulloides Blow 1959 [synonym]
†Globoturborotalita rubescens Hofker 1951
†Globoturborotalita woodi Jenkins 1960
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Invalid names: Globigerina woodi woodi Jenkins 1971 [synonym]
Invalid names: Globigerina (Globoturborotalita) woodi connecta Jenkins 1964 [synonym], Globigerina (Globoturborotalita) woodi woodi Jenkins 1960 [synonym], Globigerina praebulloides occlusa Blow and Banner 1962 [synonym]
G. †Guembelitrioides Bolli 1957
G. Orbulina d'Orbigny 1839
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†Orbulina bilobata d'Orbigny 1846
†Orbulina suturalis Broennimann 1951
†Orbulina universa d'Orbigny 1839
†Orbulina universa parkerae Brönnimann and Resig 1971
G. †Paragloborotalia Cifelli 1982
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†Paragloborotalia acrostoma Wezel 1966
†Paragloborotalia birnageae Blow 1959
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Invalid names: Globorotalia (Turborotalia) mendacis Blow 1969 [synonym], Turborotalita primitiva Brönnimann and Resig 1971 [synonym]
†Paragloborotalia continuosa Blow 1959
†Paragloborotalia mayeri Cushman and Ellisor 1939
†Paragloborotalia opima Bolli 1957
†Paragloborotalia siakensis LeRoy 1939
G. †Parasubbotina Olsson et al. 1992
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†Parasubbotina hagni Gohrbandt 1967
†Parasubbotina inaequispira Subbotina 1953
†Parasubbotina prebetica Martinez-Gallego and Cremades 1979
†Parasubbotina pseudobulloides Plummer 1927
†Parasubbotina pseudowilsoni Olsson et al. 2006
†Parasubbotina varianta Subbotina 1953
G. †Praeorbulina Olsson 1964
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†Praeorbulina circularis Blow 1956
†Praeorbulina curva Blow 1956
†Praeorbulina glomerosa Blow 1956
†Praeorbulina glomerosadup Fraass et al. 2024
†Praeorbulina transitoria Blow 1956
Invalid names: Globigerinoides glomerosa glomerosa Blow 1956 [invalid subgroup]
G. Sphaeroidinella Cushman 1927
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Sphaeroidinella dehiscens Parker and Jones 1865
†Sphaeroidinella excavata Banner and Blow 1965
†Sphaeroidinella multiloba LeRoy 1944
G. †Sphaeroidinellopsis Banner and Blow 1959
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†Sphaeroidinellopsis disjuncta Finlay 1940
†Sphaeroidinellopsis hancocki Bandy 1975
†Sphaeroidinellopsis kochi Caudri 1934
†Sphaeroidinellopsis paenedehiscens Blow 1969
†Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina Schwager 1866
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Invalid names: Sphaeroidinellopsis subdehiscens Blow 1959 [synonym]
G. †Subbotina Brotzen and Pozaryska 1961
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†Globigerina triloculinoides parva El-Naggar 1966
†Subbotina angiporoides Hornibrook 1965
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†Globigerina (Subbotina) angiporoides angiporoides Hornibrook 1965
Invalid names: Globigerina (Subbotina) angiporoides Hornibrook 1965 [synonym], Globigerina linaperta transdanubica Samuel 1972 [synonym], Subbotina angiporoides angiporoides Hornibrook 1965 [synonym], Subbotina angiporoides minima Jenkins 1966 [synonym]
†Subbotina brazieri Jenkins 1966
†Subbotina cancellata Blow 1979
†Subbotina corpulenta Subbotina 1953
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Invalid names: Catapsydrax gortanii Borsetti 1959 [synonym], Catapsydrax pera Todd 1957 [synonym], Globigerina pera Todd 1957 [synonym], Globigerinita pera Todd 1957 [synonym], Globorotaloides suteri Bolli 1957 [synonym]
†Subbotina crociapertura Blow 1979
†Subbotina eocaena von Gümbel 1868
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Invalid names: Globigerina bakeri Cole 1972 [synonym], Globigerina bulloides compacta Subbotina 1953 [synonym], Globigerina eocaenica irregularis Subbotina 1953 [synonym], Globigerina pseudoeocaena compacta Subbotina 1953 [synonym], Globigerina pseudoeocaena pseudoeocaena Subbotina 1953 [synonym], Globigerina subtriloculinoides Khalilov 1956 [synonym]
†Subbotina gortanii Borsetti 1959
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Invalid names: Catapsydrax venzoi Borsetti 1959 [synonym], Globigerina turritilina praeturritilina Blow and Banner 1962 [synonym], Subbotina praeturritilina Blow and Banner 1962 [synonym], Subbotina winkleri Bermudez 1961 [synonym]
†Subbotina hornibrooki Brönnimann 1952
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Invalid names: Globigerina finlayi Brönnimann 1952 [synonym]
†Subbotina jacksonensis Bandy 1949
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Invalid names: Globigerina bizkaiensis Orue-Etxebarria 1985 [synonym]
†Subbotina minima Jenkins 1966
†Subbotina patagonica Todd and Kniker 1952
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Invalid names: Globigerina linaperta Finlay 1939 [synonym]
†Subbotina pseudoeocaena Subbotina 1953
†Subbotina roesnaesensis Olsson et al. 2006
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Invalid names: Globigerina patagonica Todd and Kniker 1952 [synonym], Subbotina velascoensis Cushman 1925 [synonym]
†Subbotina senni Beckmann 1953
†Subbotina tecta Pearson and Wade 2015
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Invalid names: Subbotina yeguaensis Weinzierl and Applin 1929 [synonym]
†Subbotina triloculinoides Plummer 1927
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†Globigerina triloculinoides nana Khalilov 1956
Invalid names: Globigerina (Globigerina) microcellulosa Morozova 1961 [synonym], Globigerina pseudotriloba White 1928 [synonym], Subbotina triloculinoides triloculinoides Plummer 1927 [synonym]
†Subbotina trivialis Subbotina 1953
†Subbotina utilisindex Jenkins and Orr 1973
Invalid names: Globigerina eocaenica eocaenica Terquem 1882 [synonym], Globigerina pseudoeocaena trilobata Subbotina 1953 [synonym], Globigerina turritilina turritilina Blow and Banner 1962 [synonym], Subbotina triangularis triangularis White 1928 [synonym]
G. †Trilobatus Spezzaferri et al. 2015
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†Globigerinoides sicanus praesicanus Brönnimann and Resig 1971
†Trilobatus bisphericus Todd 1954
†Trilobatus immaturus Le Roy 1939
†Trilobatus praeimmaturus Brönnimann and Resig 1971
†Trilobatus primordius Blow and Banner 1962
†Trilobatus quadrilobatus d'Orbigny 1846
†Trilobatus sacculifer Brady 1877
†Trilobatus sicanus De Stefani 1950
†Trilobatus trilobus Reuss 1850
G. Turborotalita Blow and Banner 1962
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†Turborotalita clarkei Roegl and Bolli 1973
†Turborotalita humilis Brady 1884
†Turborotalita quinqueloba Natland 1938
G. Zeaglobigerina Kennett and Srinivasan 1983
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†Globigerina (Zeaglobigerina) brazieri Jenkins 1966
†Globigerina (Zeaglobigerina) connecta Jenkins 1964
†Zeaglobigerina brazieri Jenkins 1966
†Zeaglobigerina connecta Jenkins 1964
†Zeaglobigerina euapertura Jenkins 1960
†Zeaglobigerina labiacrassata Jenkins 1966
Invalid names: Candeininae Cushman 1927 [empty], Orbulininae [empty], Pulleniatininae Cushman 1927 [empty], Sphaeroidinellinae Banner and Blow 1959 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available