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Cystammina

Ammosphaeroidinidae

Taxonomy
Cystammina was named by Neumayer (1889) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp R Sepkoski's reference number: 1051]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Ammosphaeroidinidae by Gradstein and Kaminski (1997); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. sveni
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. globigerinaeformis, C. pauciloculata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Cystammina Neumayer
1997Cystammina Gradstein and Kaminski p. 225
2002Cystammina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyLituolaceaLamarck 1809
familyAmmosphaeroidinidaeCushman 1927
genusCystamminaNeumayer 1889

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. Cystammina Neumayer 1889
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†Cystammina sveni Gradstein and Kaminski 1997
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedsuperf
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: infaunalsubo
Diet: detritivoresubo
Created: 2007-11-25 08:31:19
Modified: 2007-11-25 10:31:19
Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1988, Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1984

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Pleistocene or 72.20000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Ukraine C. globigerinaeformis (91059)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0North Atlantic C. sveni (91346)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0North Atlantic C. sveni (91344)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03North Atlantic C. sveni (91347)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3North Pacific C. pauciloculata (271470)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04North Pacific C. pauciloculata (268614)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04North Pacific C. pauciloculata (268584)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98North Pacific C. pauciloculata (268606)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98North Pacific C. pauciloculata (261062 261070)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63North Pacific C. pauciloculata (261059)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98North Pacific C. pauciloculata (273473)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63North Pacific C. pauciloculata (261041 261056)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333North Pacific C. pauciloculata (260981 260985 260989 260990 260991 260995 260997 261000 261002 261003 261004 261006 261008 261009 261010 261012 261013 261015 261017 261018 261023 261026 261029)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58North Pacific C. pauciloculata (260980)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58North Pacific C. pauciloculata (260970 260976)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117North Pacific C. pauciloculata (260963)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Pacific C. pauciloculata (260960 260962)