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Buliminella elegantissima

Buliminidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
B. arcuata, B. curta, B. pulchra, B. subfusiformis
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. acicula, B. basistriata, B. bassendorfensis, B. compacta, B. curta, B. isabelleana, B. nuda, B. obtusa, B. pseudoelegantissima, B. sculpturata, B. septata, B. browni, B. grata, B. parvula, B. tenuata

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
superfamilyBuliminoideaJones 1875
RankNameAuthor
familyBuliminidae
subfamilyTurrilininae
genusBuliminellaCushman 1911
specieselegantissima

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 37.71000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana/Texas) Buliminella elegantissima (45017)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Buliminella elegantissima (196169)
Early/Lower Miocene - Miocene23.04 - 5.333North Atlantic Buliminella elegantissima (141888)
Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene15.98 - 3.6Chile (Copiapó) Buliminella elegantissima (222890)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) Buliminella elegantissima (94810)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Mississippi) Buliminella elegantissima (41828)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Buliminella elegantissima (52582)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (South Carolina) Buliminella elegantissima (60932)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Chile (Copiapó) Buliminella elegantissima (222886)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Chile (Atacama) Buliminella elegantissima (221667)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Japan (Niigata) Buliminella elegantissima (101021)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Atlantic Buliminella elegantissima (261773 261775 261787 261788 261789 261794 261795 261796 261798 261805 261806 262304 262313 265462 265470 265471 265785 266722 267396 267411 267414 267424)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0North Pacific Buliminella elegantissima (263009 264441)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Buliminella elegantissima (57702)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Buliminella elegantissima (240580)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Buliminella elegantissima (60923 60927)