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Fissurina

Buliminidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Fissurina Reuss
1923Ellipsolagena Silvestri
1927Ellipsolagena Cushman p. 72
1964Fissurina Bertels p. 158
2003Fissurina Kiessling
2009Fissurina Margerel p. 590
2012Fissurina Margerel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
superfamilyBuliminoideaJones 1875
RankNameAuthor
familyBuliminidae
subfamilyBulimininae
genusFissurina

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. Fissurina Reuss 1850
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Fissurina annectens Burrows and Holland 1895
Fissurina laevigata Buchner 1940
Fissurina lucida Williamson 1848
Fissurina orbignyana Seguenza 1862
Fissurina perforata Mobius 1880
Fissurina strigolata McCulloch 1977
Fissurina tibiscencis Popescu 1983
Invalid names: Ellipsolagena Silvestri 1923 [synonym]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Turonian to the top of the Holocene or 93.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 89.8 Ma

Collections (866 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Tanzania (Lindi) F. sp. (179314)
Piripauan86.1 - 83.6New Zealand F. marylandica (63092)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Indian Ocean F. sp. (257296)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Indian Ocean F. sp. (249900)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (British Columbia) F. orbignyana (91077)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0North Atlantic F. sp. (260580 260581 260582)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Tunisia F. orbignyana (57332 57341 57342 57345 57349 57367)
Danian66.0 - 61.66North Atlantic F. sp. (260577)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24North Atlantic F. sp. (263545)
Cenozoic66.0 - 0.0Indian Ocean F. sp. (257290)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0North Atlantic F. sp. (262958)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Spain F. spp. (154088 154089)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07India (Andhra Pradesh) F. laevigate (46388)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07North Atlantic F. sp. (260574)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Spain F. spp. (154090 154096)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03North Atlantic F. sp. (263530 263531 263532 263533 263534 263535)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03South Pacific F. spp. (253386 253392 253393 253396 253397 253399)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Indian Ocean F. sp. (248963 249883)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9South Pacific F. spp. (255015 255017 255019 255024)
Eocene - Oligocene56.0 - 23.04South Pacific F. spp. (255008 255010)