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Epistominella

Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Discorbidae

Taxonomy

Epistominella was named by Husezima and Maruhasi (1944) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l-u R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Discorbidae by Gibson (1983); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

E. pungoensis

Species lacking formal opinion data

E. culter, E. danvillensis, E. dubia, E. exigua, E. exigua, E. navarroana, E. pacifica, E. pontoni, E. pulchella, E. smithi, E. smithi, E. umbonifera, E. vitrea, E. vitrea

Entered

by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Uhen on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1944	Epistominella Husezima and Maruhasi
1983	Epistominella Gibson p. 368
2002	Epistominella Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Chromista	Cavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdom	Rhizaria	()
phylum	Foraminifera	(Eichwald 1830)
class	Globothalamea

Rank	Name	Author
order	Rotaliida	Delage and Herouard 1896
superfamily	Discorboidea
family	Discorbidae	Ehrenberg 1838
genus	Epistominella	Husezima and Maruhasi 1944

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. Epistominella Husezima and Maruhasi 1944

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†Epistominella pungoensis Gibson 1983

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 Cenomanian to the top of the Holocene or 100.50000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (561 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Egypt	E. navarroana (141572)
Santonian - Campanian	85.7 - 72.2	North Atlantic	E. sp. (263549)
Danian - Selandian	66.0 - 59.24	North Atlantic	E. sp. (263545)
Late/Upper Paleocene	59.24 - 56.0	Pakistan	E. dubia (77287)
Early/Lower Eocene	56.0 - 48.07	India (Andhra Pradesh)	E. dubia (46388)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	North Atlantic	E. sp. (263538 266199)
Ypresian - Lutetian	56.0 - 41.03	North Atlantic	E. sp. (263531 263533 263536)
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	South Pacific	E. exigua (255019 255020)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	North Atlantic	E. sp. (262943 264513 266185)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	North Atlantic	E. sp. (266180)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Louisiana/Texas)	E. danvillensis (45017)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	North Atlantic	E. sp. (268142) E. umbonifera (266135)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Louisiana)	E. danvillensis (55251)
Priabonian - Rupelian	37.71 - 27.3	North Atlantic	E. sp. (262492)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	North Atlantic	E. sp. (262484 262490 268136 268137 268138 268139)
Rupelian - Chattian	33.9 - 23.04	North Atlantic	E. sp. (268130 268131 268132 268134) E. sp., E. umbonifera (268127) E. umbonifera (268128 268129)
Oligocene - Miocene	33.9 - 5.333	South Pacific	E. exigua (255002 255003)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	North Atlantic	E. sp. (262478 262795 262803) E. umbonifera (262481 262794 262798 262800 262804 262808 262820 262832 262834)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	South Pacific	E. exigua (260087)
Chattian - Aquitanian	27.3 - 20.45	North Atlantic	E. sp. (262788 268122 268123) E. umbonifera (262789 262791 262793 268124)
NN1	23.2 - 22.75	South Pacific	E. exigua (257250) E. vitrea (257249) E. vitrea, E. exigua (257251)
Aquitanian	23.04 - 20.45	North Atlantic	E. sp. (262777 262783 262784) E. umbonifera (262770 262774 262778 262779 266098 266099 266103 266109)
Aquitanian	23.04 - 20.45	Austria	E. sp. (99160)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian	23.04 - 15.98	North Atlantic	E. umbonifera (266095)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	Southern Ocean	E. vitrea (249278)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	South Pacific	E. exigua (254241 256773)
Miocene - Middle Miocene	23.04 - 11.63	North Atlantic	E. exigua (141193 141194 141195)
Early/Lower Miocene - Miocene	23.04 - 5.333	North Atlantic	E. exigua (140220 141190 141191 141192)
Miocene	23.04 - 5.333	South Pacific	E. exigua (254998 254999)
Miocene	23.04 - 5.333	Southern Ocean	E. exigua (243451 243452 243453 243454 243455)
Miocene	23.04 - 5.333	North Pacific	E. pacifica (262652 262653) E. pulchella (250597) E. pulchella, E. exigua (250596) E. smithi, E. sp. (266164) E. sp. (266160 266161 266163 266165 266168 266169 266172 266173)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	North Atlantic	E. sp., E. umbonifera (268119 268121) E. umbonifera (262745 262747 262748 262750 262752 262755 262757 262758 262762 264504 268120)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	North Atlantic	E. umbonifera (262741)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Ecuador	E. culter (90851 90852)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	South Pacific	E. exigua (254237 254238 256764)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Panama (Colon)	E. vitrea (145580)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Panama	E. vitrea (145529)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	North Pacific	E. spp. (260983 260992 261008 261011)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	South Pacific	E. exigua (255343 255346 256762)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	USA (Mississippi)	E. pontoni, E. vitrea (41828)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene	11.63 - 2.58	North Pacific	E. spp. (260979 260980)
NN9	10.6 - 9.6	South Pacific	E. vitrea (257248)
NN11 - NN12	8.25 - 5.0	Indian Ocean	E. spp. (242430 242432)
Neodenticula kamtschatica	7.67 - 3.665	North Pacific	E. pulchella (250565)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Ecuador	E. smithi (90840)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	USA (North Carolina)	E. danvillensis (52582)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	North Pacific	E. sp. A (273454)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	Southern Ocean	E. exigua (246901 249636)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	North Atlantic	E. exigua (262575 262576 266355 266362)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	Indian Ocean	E. spp. (250340)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	North Pacific	E. pacifica (262418 263702) E. pulchella (250585 250587 250588 252096 252097 252098 252109) E. smithi (266068 266070 266076) E. smithi, E. sp. (266159) E. sp. (266079 266081) E. spp. (260966)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	South Pacific	E. exigua (256739 256742 256743 256744)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	USA (South Carolina)	E. pontoni (60932)
Zanclean - Piacenzian	5.333 - 2.58	North Pacific	E. pulchella (271027)
Pliocene - Pleistocene	5.333 - 0.0117	North Pacific	E. smithi (262026 266067) E. smithi, E. sp. (266066)
NN13 - NN14	5.0 - 3.75	Indian Ocean	E. spp. (242429)
NN14	4.0 - 3.75	Indian Ocean	E. spp. (259100)
NN14 - NN15	4.0 - 3.75	Indian Ocean	E. spp. (242426)
NN15 - NN16	4.0 - 2.5	Indian Ocean	E. spp. (259157)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.58	Panama (Bocas del Toro)	E. vitrea (91902)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.58	North Pacific	E. pulchella (271025)
Gelasian	2.58 - 1.8	North Pacific	E. pulchella (271011)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.774	North Pacific	E. pacifica (265344 265349)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.774	Panama	E. vitrea (91912)
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	North Pacific	E. pacifica (263436 263441 267509) E. pulchella (247380 247381 249565 249566 250576 250578 252067 252068 252069 252070 252071 252072 252076 252078 252081 252084 257875 257876 269316 269318 269321 269322 269324 269327 269328 269330 271055 271057 271058 271061 271062 271064 271066 271067 271068 271069 271072 272055 272056 272057 272059 272061 272063 272064 272067 272069 272070 272279 272606 272607 272608 272611 272614 272616 272617 272618 272619 272620 272621 272622 272623 272624 272627 272762 272771 272775 272776) E. smithi (261593 261594 261595 261596 261597 261598 261599 261600 261601 261602 261603 261604 261605 261606 261607 261610 261986 261987 261989 261990 261991 261992 261995 261998 261999 262000 262001 262005 262012 262019 262021 262022 262023 267496 267497 267498 267500 267510 267511) E. smithi, E. pacifica (267493 267494 267499 267501 267505) E. smithi, E. sp. (261988 261993 261996 262004 267503) E. smithi, E. sp., E. pacifica (267504) E. sp. (261611 262011 272604 272615) E. sp., E. pulchella (272625) E. sp., E. smithi (261592 261609) E. spp. (260958 260960 260961 260962)
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	Southern Ocean	E. exigua (247064 247066 247067 247068 247069 247070 247072 247387 249632 250274 250276)
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	North Atlantic	E. exigua (261375 261385 262882 262885 262886 265147 265578 266203 266204 266217 266350 267993 267994 267995 267996 267997 267998 267999 268000 268001 268002 268003 268004 268005 268006 268007 268008 268506 268508) E. spp. (261820 261823 262208 262213 262218 262225 265571 268509) E. umbonifera (263529)
Pleistocene - Holocene	2.58 - 0.0	North Atlantic	E. exigua (267992)
Quaternary	2.58 - 0.0	North Pacific	E. pacifica (262980 262981 262985 262995 262996 262998 263001 263003 263004 263005 263009 263011 263014 263488 263489 263490 263491 263492 263494 263495 263497 263498 263500 263502 263503 263505 263506 263509 263510 263511 263512 263514 263516 263517 263520 263521 263525 263526 264443 264451 264452 264453 264971 264985 264988 265047 265048 265049 265050 265051 265052 265053 265054 265055 265056 265057 265058 265059 265061 265063 265064 265065 265066 265068 265069 265070 265287 265288 265292 265294)
NN18	2.4 - 1.9	Indian Ocean	E. spp. (249555)
C2r.1r	2.116 - 1.925	North Pacific	E. smithi (268038 268039 268040 268041 268042 268043)
Actinocyclus oculatus	2.0 - 1.1	North Pacific	E. pulchella (250558)
NN19	1.9 - 0.42	Indian Ocean	E. spp. (249553 256213 259079)
NN19	1.9 - 0.42	South Pacific	E. vitrea (257226 257227 257229)
NN19	1.9 - 0.42	North Pacific	E. pacifica (252713) E. pulchella (252684 252686 252688 252689 252694 252695 252696 252697 252699 252700 252701 252702 252703 252704 252705 252706 252708 252714 252715 252717 252721 252722 252723 252728 252729 252730 252731 252732 252736 252737 252738 252739 252741 252742 252746 252747 252748 252749 252750 252751 252752) E. smithi (266151)
G. tosaensis HOSZ	1.88 - 0.61	Indian Ocean	E. spp. (260065 260066 260074)
Calabrian	1.8 - 0.774	North Atlantic	E. sp. (262477 262941) E. sp., E. umbonifera (264501)
Calabrian	1.8 - 0.774	North Pacific	E. pulchella (242485 242487 242488 242489 242493 242495 242497 242501 269077 269079 269087 269932 270989 270994 270996 270997 270998 271122 271123 271124 271125 271423 273178 273844 273854) E. sp. (242492 270449 270451 270453 273111)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene	1.8 - 0.129	North Atlantic	E. sp., E. umbonifera (264500)
Cobb Mountain - C1r.2r	1.208 - 1.071	North Pacific	E. sp. (268031)
C1r.2r - Jaramillo	1.187 - 0.99	North Pacific	E. smithi (268028 268029)
Proboscia curvirostris	1.1 - 0.31	North Pacific	E. pulchella (250555)
Jaramillo	1.071 - 0.99	North Pacific	E. smithi (268024 268025 268026 268027)
Jaramillo - Matuyama	1.071 - 0.773	North Pacific	E. smithi (268023)
Matuyama	0.99 - 0.773	North Pacific	E. exigua (254942 254945) E. smithi (268020 268021 268022)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	North Pacific	E. pacifica (265328 265332 265333)
Brunhes	0.773 - 0.0	North Pacific	E. sp. (268019)
NN20	0.42 - 0.29	Indian Ocean	E. spp. (259148 259149)
NN20 - NN21	0.42 - 0.0	North Pacific	E. smithi (266150)
NN21	0.29 - 0.0	North Pacific	E. pulchella (252670 252671) E. smithi (266142 266146) E. sp. (247512 266149)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	North Pacific	E. pacifica (263691 263693 264335 264336 264338) E. pulchella (272602)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	South Pacific	E. exigua (254995)