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Trochammininae

Lituolida - Trochamminidae

Taxonomy
Trochammininae was named by Schwager (1877). It is extant.

It was assigned to Trochamminidae by Cushman (1927), Loeblich and Tappan (1984), Margerel (2012).

Subtaxa
Ammogloborotalia, Carterina, Patellovalvulina, Tritaxis, Trochammina, Trochamminopsis
Entered
by W. Kiessling on 2007-11-25; modified by A. Hendy on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Trochammininae Schwager
1927Trochammininae Cushman p. 40
1984Trochammininae Loeblich and Tappan
2012Trochammininae Margerel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
orderLituolida
suborderTochammininaSaidova 1971
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyTrochamminoidea(Schwager 1877)
familyTrochamminidaeSchwager 1877
subfamilyTrochammininaeSchwager 1877
subfamilyTrochammininaeSchwager 1877

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.

Subfm. Trochammininae Schwager 1877
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G. †Ammogloborotalia Zheng 2001
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†Ammogloborotalia abrupta Geroch 1966
†Ammogloborotalia globorotaliaeformis Gradstein and Kaminski 1999
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†Carterina burgioi Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2015
G. Tritaxis Schubert 1921
G. Trochammina Parker and Jones 1859
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†Trochammina albertensis Wickenden 1932
†Trochammina asagiensis Asano 1949
†Trochammina deformis Grzybowski 1898
†Trochammina diagonis Carsey 1926
†Trochammina indica Govindan and Bhandari 1988
Trochammina inflata Montagu 1803
†Trochammina jaunensis Broennimann and Page 1966
†Trochammina stomata Grzybowski 1898
G. †Trochamminopsis Broennimann 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedsuperf
Locomotion: stationarysuperf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Created: 2009-05-20 05:20:21
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:20:21
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily
References: Kiessling 2004, Gradstein and Kaminski 1997

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Virgilian to the top of the Holocene or 303.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 298.9 Ma

Collections (348 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Trochammina grahamensis, Trochammina arenosa (217237) Trochammina sp. (217086 217088)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Trochammina spp. (95188 95189 95190 95191 95192 95193 95194 95196 95199 95200 95201 95202 95203 95204 95205 95206 95207 95208 95209 95210 95211 95212 95213 95214 95215 95216)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Queensland) Trochammina pulvilla (214548 214549 214565) Trochammina subobtusa (214546)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Trochammina brevis (46175)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Lithuania Trochammina brevis (46158 46159) Trochammina pulvilla (46144 46161 46168) Trochammina pulvilla, Trochammina brevis (45952)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7China (Guizhou) Trochammina almtalensis, Trochammina sp. (116940) Trochammina sp. (116925 116929 116930 116932 116944)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Italy Trochammina almtalensis (67717)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Türkiye Trochammina sp. (73816 98012 98016)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Poland (Upper Silesia) Trochammina alpina (218722)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Hungary Trochammina almtalensis (67640)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Serbia Trochammina amtalensis (158094 158113)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33China (Guizhou) Trochammina almtalensis (109701 117050 117053)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Austria Trochammina almtalensis (99797)
Pelsonian - Illyrian244.24 - 241.464Hungary Trochammina almtalensis (81053)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464China (Guizhou) Trochammina almtalensis (117064 117065 117066 117068) Trochammina almtalensis, Trochammina sp. (117069) Trochammina sp. (117071) Trochammina sp. 4 (117062)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Germany (Bayern) Trochammina sp. (278290)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Serbia Trochammina amtalensis (158118 158120)
Illyrian - Fassanian243.33 - 239.48Türkiye Trochammina sp. (130988)
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48China (Guizhou) Trochammina almtalensis (117072 117074) Trochammina almtalensis, Trochammina sp. (117075) Trochammina almtalensis, Trochammina sp. 3 (117073) Trochammina sp. (110997 111000)
Fassanian241.464 - 239.48Hungary Trochammina sp. (99503)