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Bradyinidae

Fusulinata - Endothyrida - Bradyinidae

Taxonomy
Bradyinidae was named by Reytlinger (1950). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Endothyracea by Loeblich and Tappan (1984); and to Bradyinoidea by Hayward et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Bradyinidae Reytlinger
1984Bradyinidae Loeblich and Tappan
2025Bradyinidae Hayward et al. p. 720912

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classFusulinataFursenko 1958
subclassFusulininaRauzer-Chernousova 1996
RankNameAuthor
orderEndothyridaFursenko 1958
superfamilyBradyinoideaReitlinger 1950
familyBradyinidaeReytlinger 1950
familyBradyinidaeReytlinger 1950

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. †Bradyinidae Reytlinger 1950
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G. †Bradyina
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†Bradyina cribrostomata Rauser-Chernousova and Reitlinger 1937
†Bradyina magna Roth and Skinner 1930
†Bradyina samarica Reitlinger 1950
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†Postendothyra tenuis Lin et al. 1990
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. Hayward et al. 2025Test planispiral and involute, or rarely enrolled biserial; few chambers per whorl; microgranular wall with tectum, alveolar with tectum, or microgranular and finely perforate; septa with septal lamellae, no basal supplementary deposits; aperture simple in early stage, cribrate in last few chambers of adult, may have sutural supplementary openings.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-28 00:47:02
Modified: 2009-05-20 05:31:44
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Brigantian to the top of the Changhsingian or 335.90000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (129 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) Bradyina sp. (57131)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3France Bradyina rotula (34565)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4France Bradyina rotula, Bradyina cribrostomata (76632)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Bradyina cribrostomata (129096 129098 129101 129102 129103 129104 129106) Bradyina sp. (129114 129116)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Morocco Bradyina samarica, Bradyina magna (224690)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Spain (Castilla y Leon) Bradyina sp. (76630)
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Wyoming) Bradyina sp. (5734)
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Colorado) Bradyina magna (275967 275968 275969)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Spain (Asturias) Bradyina sp. (76625 76628)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Norway Bradyina sp. (33 35)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0China Bradyina sp. (191877 191900 191901)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Canada (Nunavut) Bradyinidae indet. (111668)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Thailand Bradyina sp. (131893 131898 131902 131903 131906)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) Bradyina magna (49835 49836 49837 49838)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Ukraine Bradyina sp. (216039 216040 216043)
Moscovian - Kasimovian315.2 - 303.7Spain (Castilla y Leon) Bradyina sp. (76629)
Kashirian313.8 - 311.46Ukraine Bradyina sp. (216034)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Kansas) Bradyina sp. (76171)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) Bradyina sp. (91530)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Canada (Nunavut) Bradyina sp. (76956)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Spain (Asturias) Bradyina sp. (76627)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Italy Bradyina sp. (49712)
Kasimovian - Gzhelian307.0 - 298.9Türkiye Bradyina sp. (49512)
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian307.0 - 298.9Türkiye (Muğla) Bradyina lepida (218294) Bradyina lucida (218169) Bradyina sp. (218227) Bradyina sphaerica (218225)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Norway Bradyina sp. (56)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Thailand Bradyina sp. A, Bradyina sp. B (131937)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9China (Guizhou) Bradyina sp. (76758)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Bradyina marathonensis (215211)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Bradyina magna (217103 217104 217105 217106 217107 217108 217109 217110 217111 217112 217113 217114 217115 217116 217117 217118 217119 217120 217121)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Missouri) Bradyina magna (217122 217123)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) Bradyina magna (217099 217101 217102)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Nebraska) Bradyina magna (217124 217125 217126 217127)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Iowa) Bradyina magna (217128 217130)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Bradyina sp. (49709)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Norway Bradyinidae indet. (184684)
Noginskian276.8 - 264.9USA (Kansas) Bradyina sp. (11679 11681 11685 11755 11757 11759 11763 11765 11766 11772)
Murgabian274.4 - 266.9Italy Bradyina micula (75029)
Guadalupian274.4 - 259.51Türkiye (Muğla) Postendothyra sp. (218170)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Azerbaijan Bradyina novizkiana (110891) Bradyina novizkiana, Bradyina micula (94935)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Armenia Bradyina micula, Bradyina novizkiana (97392)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Postendothyra guangxiensis (129653 129654 129655 129656 130721 130722) Postendothyra guangxiensis, Postendothyra tenuis (129652) Postendothyra sp. (128869)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Greece Bradyina micula (74974)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Azerbaijan Bradyina sp. (94947)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Hubei) Endothyranopsis guangxiensis (149226)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Xizang) Postendothyra sp. (187535 187558)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangxi) Postendothyra micula (218392 218393)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) Postendothyra guangxiensis (217368 217387 217388 217391 217398 217410) Postendothyra sinensis (217374 217392 217397) Postendothyra sinensis, Postendothyra guangxiensis (217369 217389 217393)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Zhejiang) Bradyina sp. (48894)