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Melonis sphaeroides

Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Nonionidae

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classGlobothalamea
orderRotaliidaDelage and Herouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyNonionaceaSchultze 1854
familyNonionidae
subfamilyPulleniinaeSchwager 1877
genusMelonisMonfort 1808
speciessphaeroides

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.

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Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 15.98000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333North Atlantic Melonis sphaeroides (141890)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Southern Ocean Melonis sphaeroides (243451 243455 243456)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63North Pacific Melonis sphaeroides (267854 267855 267857 267861 267862)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.98 - 5.333North Pacific Melonis sphaeroides (267849)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333North Pacific Melonis sphaeroides (267814 267816 267818 267819 267820 267821 267822 267823 267824 267826 267829 267830 267832 267833 267837 267838 267841 267842 267844)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58North Pacific Melonis sphaeroides (267811 267813)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58North Pacific Melonis sphaeroides (267808)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117North Pacific Melonis sphaeroides (267797)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Southern Ocean Melonis sphaeroides (244423)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Pacific Melonis sphaeroides (267788 267790)