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Staffellidae

Staffellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Staffellidae Miklukho-Maklay
1965Staffellinae Rosovskaya p. 137
1968Staffellinae Sosnina p. 99
1982Staffellinae Zhang p. 137
1984Staffellidae Loeblich and Tappan
1996Staffellidae Davydov p. 221
2002Staffellidae Forke p. 218
2011Staffellidae Kobayashi p. 459
2012Staffellidae Kobayashi p. 683

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderFusulinina(Wedekind 1937)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFusulinoidea(Möller 1878)
familyStaffellidaeMiklukho-Maklay 1949
familyStaffellidaeMiklukho-Maklay 1949

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. †Staffellidae Miklukho-Maklay 1949
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Subfm. †Kahlerininae Leven 1963
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G. †Kahlerina Kochansky-Devide 1955
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Kahlerina africana Skinner and Wilde 1967
Kahlerina circularis Sosnina 1968
Kahlerina consueta Sosnina 1968
Kahlerina globiformis Sosnina 1968
Kahlerina minima Sheng 1963
Kahlerina nautiloidea Sosnina 1968
Kahlerina siciliana Skinner and Wilde 1966
Kahlerina ussurica Sosnina 1956
Invalid names: Hubeiella [synonym], Pseudokahlerina Sosnina 1968 [synonym], Ussuriella Sosnina 1956 [synonym]
G. †Leella Dunbar and Skinner 1937
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Leella armenica Rosovskaya 1965
Leella bellula Dunbar and Skinner 1937
Leella fragilis Dunbar and Skinner 1937
G. †Nankinella Lee 1933
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Nankinella akasakensis Kobayashi 2011
Nankinella armenica Rauser-Chernousova 1965
Nankinella hunanensis Chen 1956
Nankinella inflata Colani 1924
Nankinella kawadai Igo 1956
Nankinella kozakiensis Kanmera 1963
Nankinella kuzuensis Igo and Igo 1977
Nankinella nanjiangensis Chang and Wang 1974
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Invalid names: Nankinella obesa Wang and Zhou 1986 [synonym]
Nankinella yanyuanica Zhang 1982
Invalid names: Hayasakaina [synonym], Quasireichelina Ueno 1992 [synonym]
Subfm. †Nankinellinae Miklucho-Maklay 1963
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G. †Reitlingerina Rauser-Chernousova 1965
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Reitlingerina preobrazhenskyi Dutkevitch 1934
G. †Pisolina
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Pisolina excessa Lee 1933
Pisolina subspherica Sheng 1956
Pisolina yanyuanica Zhang 1982
Subfm. †Pseudoendothyrinae Mamet 1970
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G. †Parastaffella Rauser 1948
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Parastaffella lepida Ivanova 2000
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Pseudoendothyra affixa Grozdilova and Lebedeva 1954
Pseudoendothyra dagmarae Dutkevich 1934
Pseudoendothyra jazvensis Grozdilova and Lebedeva 1954
Pseudoendothyra mathildae Dutkevich 1934
Pseudoendothyra plummeri Thompson 1947
G. †Pseudoreichelina Miklukho-Maclay 1949
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Pseudoreichelina nevadaensis Douglass and Nestell 1974
Pseudoreichelina slovenica Kochansky-Devide 1966
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Sphaerulina elliptica Chang 1950
Sphaerulina ogbinensis Rosovskaya 1965
G. †Staffella
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Staffella arakeljani Rauser-Chernousova 1965
Staffella batangica Zhang 1982
Staffella ciryi Skinner and Wilde 1967
Staffella fountaini Dunbar and Skinner 1937
Staffella jiaogensis Zhang 1982
Staffella lacunosa Dunbar and Skinner 1937
Staffella lenticularis Douvillé 1904
Staffella moellerana Thompson 1935
Staffella pseudosphaeroidea Dutkevich 1934
Staffella suborientalis Rosovskaya 1965
Staffella tunetana Skinner and Wilde 1967
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-25 09:17:40
Modified: 2007-11-25 11:17:40
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1984

Age range: base of the Meramecian to the top of the Griesbachian or 342.90000 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections (505 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holkerian346.7 - 339.9Ireland Pseudoendothyra sublimis (78344)
Holkerian - Asbian346.7 - 335.9Ireland Pseudoendothyra sublimis (78346)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Nevada) Pseudoendothyra sp. (62848)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Ireland Pseudoendothyra sublimis, Pseudoendothyra composita, Pseudoendothyra struvei (78347) Pseudoendothyra sublimis, Pseudoendothyra sp. (76713)
Asbian - Brigantian339.9 - 330.3Morocco Pseudoendothyra sublimis (228328)
Chesterian - Arnsbergian335.4 - 323.6USA (Wyoming) Pseudoendothyra kremenskensis, Pseudoendothyra sp. (5737 5738) Pseudoendothyra sp. (5740 5741)
Chesterian - Alportian335.4 - 321.8USA (Wyoming) Pseudoendothyra sp. (5720)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4France Pseudoendothyra struvei (76632)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4Uzbekistan Pseudoendothyra arcuata (169212)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Nevada) Staffella expansa (12783)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Italy Nankinella discoides, Pseudoendothyra sp., Staffella sp., Nankinella quasihunanensis (74937) Nankinella sp., Pseudoendothyra sp., Staffella sp. (74938)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Yunnan) Nankinella minor (56943)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Xizang) Nankinella sp., Staffella sp. (187535)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Zhejiang) Nankinella sp. (61869) Staffella sp. (61868)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Thailand Kahlerina sp., Sphaerulina sp. (128235) Nankinella sp., Staffella sp. (128471 128472 128473 128474)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Iran (Fars) Nankinella hunanensis (218321 218384) Nankinella minor (218527 218528)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China Nankinella sp., Sphaerulina sp. (198271)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Chongqing) Eoverbeekina sp., Nankinella minor, Nankinella sp. (149259) Nankinella inflata (149265 149272) Nankinella minor, Nankinella orientalis, Nankinella sp., Sphaerulina sp. (149267) Nankinella minor, Sphaerulina sp. (149266) Nankinella orientalis (149261) Nankinella sp. (94974 94979 94981 94982 94983 94984 149256) Nankinella sp., Sphaerulina sp. (149270) Nankinella zhichangica, Nankinella sp., Sphaerulina sp. (149268) Sphaerulina sp. (149262) Sphaerulina sp., Nankinella inflata (149264)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Türkiye (Diyarbakir) Nankinella minor (218534)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Italy Nankinella sp. (74941)