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Cornuspira

Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Cornuspiridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Cornuspira Schultze
1927Cornuspira Cushman p. 36
1933Cornuspira Harlton p. 9
1984Cornuspira Loeblich and Tappan
1997Cornuspira Wienrich p. 31
2002Cornuspira Sepkoski
2012Cornuspira Margerel
2022Cornuspira 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
subfamilyCornuspirinaeSchultze 1854
genusCornuspiraSchultze 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.

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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteg
Environment: hypersaline, marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Life habit: epifaunalsubo
Diet: deposit feedersubo
Created: 2007-11-25 06:06:47
Modified: 2007-11-25 08:06:47
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1988, 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 (220 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Indiana) Ammodiscus semiconstrictus (6733 6734)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Nevada) C. sp. (62845 62846 62848)
Chesterian - Arnsbergian335.4 - 323.6USA (Wyoming) C. sp. (5741)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Wyoming) C. sp. (5673 5677)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) Ammodiscus semiconstrictus (132869)
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) C. semiconstrictus (132881)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Egypt (Janub Sina) Ammodiscus semiconstrictus (46634)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Kansas) Ammodiscus semiconstrictus (240952)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Austria C. sp. (49710)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) C. thompsoni (217237 217241)
Gzhelian - Asselian303.7 - 293.52Russian Federation C. sp., Ammodiscus semiconstrictus (75611)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Mongolia C. sp. (116246 116247)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Japan C. sp. B (128529 128538)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Azerbaijan C. baissalensis (94934 94935 94936 94938 110882 110883 110886 110891) C. baissalensis, C. sp. (94932)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Japan C. sp. (130711) C. sp. A (128510)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Armenia C. baissalensis (97386 97390 97391 97392 110797 110798 110803 110804)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Armenia C. kinkelini (97383 97384 110809) C. sp. (97382)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan C. sp. (129653)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Iran C. sp. (118226)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) C. sp. (42097)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Azerbaijan C. kinkelini (94941 94942)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Lithuania C. kinkelini (46158 46159 46160)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Greece C. sp. (74974)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902Türkiye (Diyarbakir) C. kinkelini (218486 218491)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Italy (South Tyrol) C. incerta (204983)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902United Arab Emirates C. kinkelini (218382)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guizhou) C. mahajeri (111082 114720 114726)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9China (Guizhou) C. mahajeri (114736)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Romania C. mahajeri (216984)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464China (Guizhou) C. sp. (217513 217522 217524 217543)
Middle Triassic246.7 - 237.0Italy (Trento) C. sp. (202272)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Indonesia (Timor) C. sp. (205180)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7Indonesia (Timor) C. sp. (205174)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Austria C. sp. (100104)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Somalia C. sp. (179135)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Slovakia C. infraoolithica (201060) C. infraoolithica, C. orbicula, C. tubicomprimata (201061)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Egypt C. orbicula (99487)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Spain (Pais Vasco) C. orbicula (78220)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Spain (Pais Vasco) C. orbicula (78221)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Türkiye C. sp. (149914 149915 149916 149917 149918 149919 149920 149921 149922 149923 149924 149925 149926)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Berriasian152.21 - 141.0Türkiye C. sp. (149865)
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0Türkiye C. sp. (149951 149952 149953 149954 149955 149956 149957 149958 149959 149960 149961 149962)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Türkiye C. sp. (149963 149964 149965 149966 149967 149968 149969 149970 149971 149972)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Türkiye C. sp. (149867 149868 149869)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6South Africa C. orbicula (70541 70542 70657)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Türkiye C. sp. (149870 149871 149872 149873)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Türkiye C. sp. (149874 149875 149876 149881)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77South Africa C. orbicula (70689 70691 70692 70693 70700)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Türkiye C. sp. (149864 149877 149878 149879 149880)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Türkiye C. sp. (149882 149883)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Türkiye C. sp. (149884 149885 149886 149887 149888 149889)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Türkiye C. sp. (149866 149890 149891)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Türkiye C. sp. (149892 149893 149894 149896 149897 149898)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Türkiye C. sp. (149895 149899 149900 149901 149902)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Türkiye C. sp. (149903 149904 149905 149906 149907 149908 149909)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) C. sp. (231980 231982)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Indian Ocean C. spp. (253642 253644)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) C. carinata (42646) C. involvens (42643)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana/Texas) C. sp. (45017)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04North Atlantic C. involvens (141891)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (Louisiana) C. byramensis (44521)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) C. involvens (62882 62883)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) C. involvens (61900)
NN154.0 - 3.75Indian Ocean C. spp. (256215)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama C. planorbis (91912)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Indian Ocean C. carinata (259279) C. spp. (258582)
NN191.9 - 0.42Indian Ocean C. spp. (249549 257257)
NN200.42 - 0.29South Pacific C. involvens (243478 243480 243485 243487 243692 243694 243695 243696)
NN210.29 - 0.0Indian Ocean C. involvens (242409) C. spp. (259785)
NN210.29 - 0.0South Pacific C. involvens (243459 243468 243473)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Iceland C. involvens (75055)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy C. involvens (49518)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Pacific C. sp. (273974)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117North Atlantic C. sp. (263768)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Indian Ocean C. spp. (251534)