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Fischerina

Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Fischerinidae

Taxonomy
Fischerina is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Fischerinidae by Cushman (1927); to Fischerininae by Loeblich and Tappan (1988); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Fischerina Cushman p. 40
1988Fischerina Loeblich and Tappan
2002Fischerina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classTubothalamea
orderMiliolidaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
suborderMiliolinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
superfamilyCornuspiroidea(Schultze 1854)
familyFischerinidaeMillett 1898
subfamilyFischerininaeMillett 1898
genusFischerina

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitesubo
Environment: hypersaline, marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Life habit: epifaunalsubo
Diet: deposit feedersubo
Created: 2007-09-19 08:15:21
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:26:11
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Beavington-Penney and Racey 2004

Age range: Thanetian or 59.24000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene - Ypresian66.0 - 48.07Slovakia (Trencin region) F. sphaera, F. sp. (237457)
Paleocene - Ypresian66.0 - 48.07Slovakia (Zilina Region) F. sphaera, F. sp. (237466)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Slovakia (Upper Vah Region) F. sp. (237432)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Slovakia (Upper Vah region) F. sphaera, F. sp. (237433)