Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Eggerella

Valvulinidae

Taxonomy
Eggerella is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Valvulinidae by Kiessling (2003).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Eggerella elongata Blaisdell
2002Eggerella Sepkoski
2003Eggerella Kiessling

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyTextulariaceaEhrenberg 1839
familyValvulinidaeReuss 1860
genusEggerella

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.

show all | hide all
Eggerella ihungia Finlay 1940
Eggerella subconica Parr 1950
Eggerella trochoides Reuss 1845
Invalid names: Eggerella elongata Blaisdell 1965 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedsubo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: infaunalsubo
Diet: detritivoresubo
Created: 2007-11-25 07:07:30
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:15:32
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Holocene or 137.05000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (572 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Portugal E. sp. (65670 65677)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Portugal E. sp. (65757 65761 73145)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Portugal E. sp. (73501)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0North Atlantic E. sp. (262352 262353)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Ukraine E. sp. (91057 91067)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24South Pacific E. columna (255039)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07South Pacific E. decepta (253403)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03South Pacific E. spp. (253398)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9South Pacific E. bradyi (255015)
Eocene - Oligocene56.0 - 23.04South Pacific E. bradyi (255014)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
NN20 - NN210.42 - 0.0North Pacific E. bradyi (266150)
NN20 - NN210.42 - 0.0Indian Ocean E. bradyi (242627)
NN210.29 - 0.0South Pacific E. bradyi (243474)
NN210.29 - 0.0Indian Ocean E. bradyi (242625 242626)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Pacific E. bradyi (247277 247521 252669 252670 266143 266144 266147 266148)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117North Atlantic E. sp. (263276 263777)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Pacific E. bradyi (273965 273971 273978 273979 273980 273981 273982 273983)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0South Pacific E. bradyi (273964)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Pacific E. bradyi (273963)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0North Pacific E. bradyi (272756) E. sp. (269314)