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Cassidulina

Cassidulinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Cassidulina d'Orbigny
1927Cassidulina Cushman p. 84
1997Cassidulina Wienrich p. 77
2002Cassidulina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
RankNameAuthor
suborderRotaliinaDelage and Herouard 1896
familyCassidulinidae
genusCassidulinad'Orbigny 1826

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. Cassidulina d'Orbigny 1826
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Cassidulina caribeana Redmond 1953
Cassidulina crassipunctata Cushman and Hobson 1935
Cassidulina diversa Cushman and Stone 1949
Cassidulina globosa Hantken 1875
Cassidulina mene Todd 1970
Cassidulina neocarinata Thalmann 1950
Cassidulina parkeriana Brady 1884
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubo
Environment: outer shelf, marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-09-19 08:26:03
Modified: 2007-09-19 10:26:03
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 48.07000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (1197 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03North Atlantic C. subglobosa (263531 263532 263534 263535 263536 264522)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71Trinidad and Tobago C. laevigata (140160)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9South Pacific C. sp. (255015)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Nigeria C. laevigata, C. subglobosa (60711)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03North Atlantic C. subglobosa (262943 262944 262946 262947 262948 264510 264511 264514 264516 264517 264518 264519 264520 266140 266184 266186 266190 266192 266195 266196 266197 266198 268145)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71North Atlantic C. subglobosa (268144)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71South Pacific C. crassa (260116) C. sulcata (260113)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (California) C. diversa (186057)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71North Atlantic C. subglobosa (262503 264507 264508 264509 266138 266139 266179 266181 266182)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) C. sp., C. globosa (209754)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana/Texas) C. armosa (45017)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9South Pacific C. crassa (260103) C. spp. (260105)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) C. galvinensis (169032)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9North Atlantic C. subglobosa (262493 262494 262495 262498 262499 262500 262501 262502 264506 266135 266136 268140 268141 268142 268143)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Oregon) C. globosa (207870 207871 207872 207873 207874 207876)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9South Pacific C. crassa (254259) C. laevigata (254252)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Tonga C. mene (43006)
Priabonian - Rupelian37.71 - 27.3North Pacific C. sp. A (272238)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3South Pacific C. carinata (260094 260096) C. crassa (260095) C. spp. (260093)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3North Atlantic C. subglobosa (262483 262484 262485 262487 262488 262489 262491 262942 268135 268136 268137 268138 268139)