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Eggerella

Valvulinidae

Taxonomy
Eggerella is a genus. It is extant.

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

Species
E. elongata, E. ihungia, E. subconica, E. trochoides
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. bradyi

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

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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.

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†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: Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1984

Age range: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Altonian or 137.05000 to 15.90000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


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)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Ukraine E. sp. (91057 91067)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) E. bradyi (169032 169048)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9North Atlantic E. bradyi (141892)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Oregon) E. subconica (207872)
Early/Lower Miocene - Miocene23.04 - 5.333Ireland E. bradyi (140220 141190 141191 141192)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand E. ihungia (77491)
Middle Miocene - Miocene15.98 - 5.333Ireland E. bradyi (141193 141194 141195)