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Cornuspiridae

Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Cornuspiridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Cornuspiridae Schultze
1984Cornuspiridae Loeblich and Tappan
2012Cornuspiridae Margerel
2022Cornuspiridae Missotti

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classTubothalamea
orderMiliolidaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
suborderMiliolinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
superfamilyCornuspiroidea(Schultze 1854)
familyCornuspiridaeSchultze 1854
familyCornuspiridaeSchultze 1854

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. †Cornuspiridae Schultze 1854
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Invalid names: Serpula obscura King 1848 [synonym]
Subfm. †Calcivertellinae Loeblich and Tappan 1964
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G. †Carixia
Subfm. Cornuspirinae Schultze 1854
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G. Cornuspira Schultze 1854
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†Cornuspira infraoolithica Terquem 1870
†Cornuspira lisbonensis Bandy 1949
†Cornuspira orbicula Terquem and Berthelin 1875
Cornuspira planorbis Schultze 1854
†Cornuspira tubicomprimata Danitch 1971
G. †Meandrovoluta Fugagnoli and Rettori 2003
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†Meandrovoluta asiagoensis Fugagnoli and Rettori 2003
Subfm. Cornuspiroidinae Saidova 1981
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G. Cornuspirella Cushman 1928
G. Cornuspiroides Cushman 1928
G. †Hedraites
Subfm. Hemigordiopsinae Nikitina 1969
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G. Gordiospira Heron-Allen and Earland 1932
G. †Hemigordiopsis Reichel 1945
G. †Hemigordius Schubert 1908
G. †Orthella
G. †Orthovertella Cushman and Waters 1928
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†Meandrospira favrei Charollais et al. 1966
Subfm. Meandrospirinae Saidova 1981
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Subfm. Nodobaculariellinae Bogdanovich 1981
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G. Nodobaculariella Cushman and Hanzawa 1937
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Nodobaculariella cassis d'Orbigny 1839
G. Vertebralina d'Orbigny 1826
G. Wiesnerella Cushman 1933
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Subfm. †Turriglomininae Zaninetti 1987
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G. †Citaella Premoli Silva 1964
G. †Vidalina
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitesubo
Environment: hypersaline, marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Life habit: epifaunalsubo
Diet: deposit feedersubo
Created: 2007-09-19 08:15:21
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:26:11
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Beavington-Penney and Racey 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Holocene or 358.86000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 351.9 Ma

Collections (782 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Indiana) Trepeilopsis recurvidens, Trepeilopsis glomospiroides, Ammodiscus semiconstrictus (6733 6734)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) Trepeilopsis sp. (2249 2442)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) Trepeilopsis glomospiroides, Trepeilopsis recurvidens (8130) Trepeilopsis recurvidens (8079 8080) Trepeilopsis recurvidens, Trepeilopsis spiralis (8136) Trepeilopsis sp. (556 557) Trepeilopsis spiralis (8069 8070 8073 8128)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Nevada) Cornuspira sp. (62845 62846) Cornuspira sp., Hedraites sp. (62848)
Chesterian - Arnsbergian335.4 - 323.6USA (Wyoming) Cornuspira sp. (5741)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Wyoming) Cornuspira sp. (5673 5677) Cornuspiridae indet. (5724 5728 5729 5730 5732)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) Ammodiscus semiconstrictus (132869)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Morocco Hemigordius sp. (224690)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian323.4 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) Ammodiscus semiconstrictus (132868 132870 132872 132875 132878 132879 132893 132897 132900 132901 132904 132905 132906 132907 132908 132917 132918 132921 132924 132925) Cornuspira semiconstrictus (132881)
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.4 - 307.0Spain (Asturias) Calcitornella sp., Calcivertella sp. (76872)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Texas) Orthovertella protea, Orthovertella sellardsi, Hemigordius regularis (217080)
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Wyoming) Trepeilopsis sp. (5734)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Egypt (Janub Sina) Ammodiscus semiconstrictus (46634) Orthovertella protea (46632) Orthovertella sp. (46633)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) Calcivertella sp. (49835 49836 49837 49838)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Kansas) Ammodiscus semiconstrictus (240952)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Canada (Nunavut) Hemigordius schlumbergeri (76938)
Kasimovian - Gzhelian307.0 - 298.9Türkiye Hemigordius sp. (49512)
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian307.0 - 298.9Türkiye (Muğla) Calcivertella sp. (218225 218292)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Austria Calcitornella sp., Cornuspira sp., Hedraites sp. (49710)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Norway Hemigordius schlumbergeri (38)