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Frondicularia

Nodosariata - Nodosariida - Nodosariidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Frondicularia Defrance
1927Frondicularia Cushman p. 47
1964Frondicularia Bertels p. 148
1969Frondicularia Fischer
1997Frondicularia Wienrich p. 52
2002Frondicularia Sepkoski
2022Frondicularia Missotti

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classNodosariata
orderNodosariida
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyNodosarioideaEhrenberg 1838
familyNodosariidaeEhrenberg 1838
subfamilyFrondiculariinaeReuss 1860
genusFrondiculariaDefrance 1824

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. Frondicularia Defrance 1824
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Frondicularia archiaciana d'Orbigny 1840
Frondicularia lignaria Terquem 1866
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Invalid names: Frondicularia varians Terquem 1866 [synonym]
Frondicularia naheolensis Cushman and Toodd 1942
Frondicularia tenuissima Hantken 1875
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-05-20 05:37:00
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:37:00
Source: f = family, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the NN19 or 290.10000 to 0.42000 Ma

Collections (182 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Mongolia F. sp. (116247) F. zavodovskyi (116246)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Australia (Tasmania) F. aulax (120244)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation F. dilemma, F. reliqua (102396)
Capitanian - Wuchiapingian264.28 - 254.14Greece (Chios Island) F. sp. (218702)
Capitanian - Changhsingian264.28 - 251.902Iran (Fars) F. sp. (218381)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Guizhou) F. sp. (112005)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China F. sp. (61865)
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902Iran (Isfahan) F. sp. (218575)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902China F. sp. (61867)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Zhejiang) F. sp. (61869 61871)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (California) F. tenuissima (185214)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333North Atlantic F. sp. (141890)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Costa Rica F. sp. (143215)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) F. annularis (61895) F. nysti (61900)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) F. lorifera (166365)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58North Pacific F. sp. (252098)
NN13 - NN145.0 - 3.75Indian Ocean F. spp. (257287)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Atlantic F. sagittula (267654 267659) F. spp. (261934)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Pacific F. sp. (252068 252072 257877)
NN191.9 - 0.42North Pacific F. sp. (252681 252688 252742)