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Coscinospira

Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Peneroplidae

Taxonomy
Coscinospira is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Peneroplidae by Loeblich and Tappan (1988); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Coscinospira Loeblich and Tappan
2002Coscinospira Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classTubothalamea
orderMiliolidaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
suborderMiliolinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
superfamilySoritaceaEhrenberg 1839
familyPeneroplidaeRenss 1860
genusCoscinospira

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.

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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: NN20 or 0.42000 to 0.29000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
NN200.42 - 0.29South Pacific C. arietina (243705 243706)