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Ammodiscidae

Ammodiscidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Ammodiscidae Reuss
1927Ammodiscidae Cushman p. 18
1971Ammodiscidae Gall
1988Ammodiscidae Loeblich and Tappan
1997Ammodiscidae Gradstein and Kaminski p. 218
2012Ammodiscidae Kobayashi p. 679

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAmmodiscoidea(Reuss 1862)
familyAmmodiscidaeReuss 1862
familyAmmodiscidaeReuss 1862

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. †Ammodiscidae Reuss 1862
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Subfm. Ammodiscinae Reuss 1862
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G. †Hemidiscus Schellwein 1897
G. Spirillinoides Rhumbler 1938
G. Ammodiscus Reuss 1862
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†Ammodiscus anceps Brady 1876
†Ammodiscus auricula Chapman 1895
†Ammodiscus centrifugus Brady 1873
†Ammodiscus cretaceus Reuss 1845
†Ammodiscus fusiformis Chapman 1895
†Ammodiscus incertus d'Orbigny 1839
†Ammodiscus jurassicus Haeusler 1882
†Ammodiscus milioloides Jones et al. 1869
†Ammodiscus robertsoni Brady 1876
Subfm. †Ammovertellinae Saidova 1981
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G. Glomospira Rzehak 1895
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†Glomospira spirillinoides Grozdilova and Glebovskaia 1948
Subfm. Ammovertellininae Saidova 1981
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G. Annectina Suleymanov 1963
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†Annectina biedai Gradstein and Kaminski 1997
G. †Pilammina
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†Pilammina praedensa Urosevic 1988
Subfm. Ammovolummininae Chernykh 1967
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G. Psammonyx Doderiein 1892
G. †Glomospirella Plummer 1945
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†Glomospirella oscillens Koehn-Zaninetti et al. 1969
G. †Hemigordiellina Marie 1961
G. Lituotuba Rhumbler 1895
G. †Psammophis Fitzinger 1826
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†Psammophis odysseus Georgalis and Szyndlar 2022
Subfm. Tolypammininae Cushman 1928
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G. †Tolypammina Rhumbler 1895
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†Tolypammina solontsovica Ivanova 2000
Subfm. Usbekistaniinae Vyalov 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedsubo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: herbivoref
Comments: herbivore or detritivore, epifaunal (phytal)f
Created: 2009-05-20 05:21:59
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:21:59
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ediacaran to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 635.00000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 541.0 Ma

Collections (833 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Russian Federation (Tomsk) Spirosolenites sp. (99183 99184)
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0Senegal Ammodiscus sp., Glomospira sp. (97595)
Tommotian - Atdabanian525.5 - 516.0Guinea Glomospira sp., Tolypammina sp., Turritellella sp. (7790)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4USA (Wisconsin) Glomospirella exserta (76451)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Italy (Sardinia) Tolypammina bransoni, Tolypammina devoniana (26161)
Eifelian - Givetian393.3 - 382.7Morocco Tolypammina sp. (226635)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Germany Tolypammina continuus, Tolypammina tortuosa (227413)
Frasnian - Famennian382.7 - 358.9Vietnam Ammodiscus sp. (83255)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7USA (Montana) Ammodiscus sp., Lituotuba sp., Tolypammina sp. (643)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Belgium (Liege) Tolypammina sp. (75672)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Indiana) Ammodiscus longexsertus, Glomospira sp., Tolypammina bulbosa (6733) Ammodiscus longexsertus, Glomospira sp., Tolypammina laocoon, Tolypammina jacobschapelensis, Tolypammina gersterensis, Tolypammina cyclops, Tolypammina bulbosa, Tolypammina bransoni (6734)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) Ammodiscus sp. (2249) Ammodiscus sp., Tolypammina sp. (2442) Tolypammina sp. (2184 2185 2187 2191 2202 2204 2207 2208 2251 2439 2448)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0USA (Tennessee) Tolypammina sp. (6914)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) Glomospira articulosa (8072 8138) Glomospira articulosa, Tolypammina sp. (8073) Glomospira sp., Serpulopsis sp., Tolypammina sp. (556 557) Serpulopsis jacobschapelensis (8068 8069 8078 8079 8119 8134 8136) Serpulopsis jacobschapelensis, Tolypammina cyclops (8075) Serpulopsis jacobschapelensis, Tolypammina rotula (8128)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Tennessee) Ammodiscella sp. (6917) Ammodiscella sp., Tolypammina sp. (6915 6916) Tolypammina sp. (6918 6919 6920 6921 6922 6923)
Visean346.7 - 330.9United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Ammodiscus sp. (211911)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Nevada) Glomospira sp. (62845 62846 62849)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) Ammodiscus anceps (73424) Ammodiscus incertus (73394 73399 73420 73429)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Glomospira sp. (6352 6353 6354 6356 6357 6358 6359 6360 6361 6362 6363 6364 6365 6366 6367 6368 6369 6370 6372 6373 6374 6375 6376 6377 6378 6380 6381 6382 6391 6392 6393 6394 6395 6396 6397 6399 6400 6401 6402 6403 6404 6405 6406 6407 6408 6412 6414 6416 6417 6421 6428 6430 6431 6433 6437 6440 6442 6443 6444 6445 6446 6448 6449 6450 6451 6452 6453 6454 6455 6459 6461 6462 6463) Glomospira sp., Ammodiscidae indet. (6457 6458) Glomospira sp., Tolypammina sp. (6398)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Montana) Ammodiscus sp. (581)