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Flintina

Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Hauerinidae

Taxonomy
Flintina was named by Cushman (1921).

It was assigned to Miliolidae by Cushman (1927), Dorreen (1948); and to Miliolinellinae by Loeblich and Tappan (1988).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Flintina Cushman
1927Flintina Cushman p. 35
1948Flintina Dorreen p. 287
1988Flintina Loeblich and Tappan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classTubothalamea
orderMiliolidaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyMilioloideaEhrenberg 1839
familyHauerinidaeSchwager 1876
subfamilyMiliolinellinaeVella 1957
genusFlintinaCushman 1921

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. †Flintina Cushman 1921
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Flintina novozealandica Dorreen 1948
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 0.1 to < 1.0g
Adult width: 0.1 to < 1.0g
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Dorreen (1948), based on holotype of Flintina novozealandica.g
Created: 2009-09-02 13:19:49
Modified: 2009-09-02 15:19:49
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Dorreen 1948

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Taiwan (Hsinchu-Hsien) F. crassatina (13488)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Australia (South Australia) F. triquetra (63379)