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Discorbis

Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Discorbidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Discorbis Lamarck p. 182
1927Discorbis Cushman p. 76
1964Discorbis Bertels p. 164
1984Discorbis Loeblich and Tappan
2002Discorbis Sepkoski
2012Discorbis Carignano
2022Discorbis Missotti

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classGlobothalamea
RankNameAuthor
orderRotaliidaDelage and Herouard 1896
superfamilyDiscorboidea
familyDiscorbidaeEhrenberg 1838
genusDiscorbis

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. Discorbis Lamarck 1804
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Discorbis midwayensis Cushman 1940
Discorbis vesicularis Lamarck 1804
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 Late/Upper Pliensbachian to the top of the Holocene or 192.90000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (130 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany (Bavaria) D. sp. (51275)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Egypt D. dreheri (99486)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia D. sp. (48602)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Switzerland D. speciosus (61723)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Romania D. danubiensis (35199)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Poland D. subspeciosus (78624)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Austria D. sp. (36222 36223)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Ukraine D. crimicus (162310)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Mexico (Baja California) D. sp. (1891)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Texas) D. minima (65707 65714 65719)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt D. turonicus, D. sp. (140952)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt D. minutus, D. turonicus (140954) D. sp. (140953)
Piripauan86.1 - 83.6New Zealand D. perditus (63092)
Late/Upper Santonian - Campanian85.7 - 72.2Spain D. sp. (161008 161013 161018)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2New Zealand D. perditus (63093 63094)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) D. midwayensis (231295)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Mendoza) D. sp. (105859)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) D. correcta (123412)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Argentina (Neuquén) D. sp. (232029)
Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Argentina (Rio Negro) D. midwayensis (236488)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) D. midwayensis (231986)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Libya D. pseudoscopus (77235)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Puerto Rico D. sp., D. midwayensis (87547)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Neuquén) D. sp. (234983)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Missouri) D. sp. (232025)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Togo (Tsevie) D. sp. (42679)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0French Guiana D. midwayensis (209425 209427 209428 209429 209431 209432 209437 209438 209445) D. sp. (209434 209436 209441 209442) D. sp., D. midwayensis (209439 209440 209446)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Suriname D. midwayensis (209460)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07India (Andhra Pradesh) D. toddae (46388)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07South Africa D. globularis (77526)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71Trinidad and Tobago D. auberii, D. tholus (140160)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9French Guiana D. midwayensis (209424)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) D. propinqua (41966)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Nigeria D. sp. (77257)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Libya D. sp. (42125 42138) D. vesicularis (42128)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Hungary D. parisiensis (171632 171633)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) D. hemisphaerica (133042)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana/Texas) D. sp. (45017)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Libya D. finlayi (77237)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy (Vicenza) D. discoideas, D. kiliani (138115)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany D. sp. (95898)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04New Zealand (North Island) D. scopos (205946)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (Louisiana) D. subaraucana (44521)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Libya D. discoides (42130)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Cuba (Sancti Spiritus) D. sp. (31183)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333North Pacific D. sp. (266160)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Malaysia D. sp. (165770)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) D. australis (167299)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63India (Orissa) D. vesicularis (46360)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Poland D. discoides (70539)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) D. globularis (166365)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Kazakhstan D. kartvelicus (174760)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) D. floridana (94810)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece D. hamatus (138313)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Florida) D. turrita (94806)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy D. sp. (70419)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) D. sp. (122994)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) D. australis (166744)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ecuador D. floridensis (90839)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indian Ocean D. spp. (251305 252656)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa D. orbicularis, D. rosaceus (77527)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58North Pacific D. sp. (266157)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117South Pacific D. dimidiatus (255339)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama D. sp. (91912)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Pacific D. dimidiatus (255335 255336 255337)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Indian Ocean D. sp. (259233)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Atlantic D. spp. (262222 262224 265155 265162 265575 266344)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Pacific D. sp. (262005 267500)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0North Atlantic D. spp. (265145)
NN191.9 - 0.42North Pacific D. sp. (266152 266153)
NN191.9 - 0.42Indian Ocean D. spp. (249093)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) D. floridana, D. floridensis, D. sp. (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Jordan D. sp. (82751 82754)
NN200.42 - 0.29North Pacific D. sp. (247288 247522 247523 247525 247526)
NN20 - NN210.42 - 0.0North Pacific D. sp. (266150)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Pacific D. sp. (247276 247280 247285 247514 247521 266144)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) D. columbiensis (60929) D. columbiensis, D. consobrina, D. floridensis (60923) D. columbiensis, D. floridensis (60927)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0North Pacific D. sp. (264338)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Pacific D. dimidiatus (254995)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mayotte D. sp. (209858 209859 209863)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Seychelles D. sp. (96926)