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Nodosariidae

Nodosariata - Nodosariida - Nodosariidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Nodosariidae Ehrenberg
1927Nodosariinae Cushman p. 43
1948Nodosariinae Dorreen p. 288
1961Nodosariidae Loeblich and Tappan
1964Nodosariidae Bertels p. 137
1984Nodosariidae Loeblich and Tappan
1987Nodosariidae Loeblich and Tappan p. 394
1988Nodosariidae Loeblich and Tappan
2003Nodosariidae Kiessling
2012Nodosariinae Carignano
2022Nodosariidae Missotti

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

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.

Fm. Nodosariidae Ehrenberg 1838
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G. Alfredosilvestris Andersen 1961
G. Astacolus de Montfort 1808
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†Astacolus barrowensis Loeblich and Tappan 1961
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Invalid names: Astacolus calliopsis Tappan 1955 [replaced]
†Astacolus calliopsis Reuss 1863
G. †Awhea
G. Botuloides Zheng 1979
G. †Citharina d'Orbigny 1839
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†Citharina heteropleura Terquem 1868
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Invalid names: Marginula pinguis Terquem 1868 [synonym], Marginulina distensa Terquem 1868 [synonym], Vaginulina flabelloides Bartenstein and Brand 1937 [synonym]
G. Dentalina d'Orbigny 1826
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†Dentalina catenula Reuss 1860
†Dentalina colei Cushman and Dusenbury 1934
†Dentalina consobrina d'Orbigny 1846
†Dentalina cooperensis Cushman 1935
†Dentalina gardnerae Plummer 1927
†Dentalina hantkeni Cushman 1935
†Dentalina jarvisi Cushman and Todd 1945
†Dentalina konincki Reuss 1861
†Dentalina legumen Reuss 1845
†Dentalina nasuta Cushman 1939
†Dentalina oolithica Terquem 1870
†Dentalina pauperata d'Orbigny 1846
†Dentalina pioneerensis Kleinpell 1938
†Dentalina quadrulata Cushman and Laiming 1931
†Dentalina spinosa d'Orbigny 1846
†Dentalina splendida Schleifer 1961
Subfm. †Frondiculariinae Reuss 1860
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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
G. †Tristix
G. †Ichtyolaria Wedekind 1937
G. Lagena Walker and Boys 1784
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†Lagena acuticosta Reuss 1862
†Lagena apiculata Reuss 1850
Lagena artificiosa Buchner 1940
†Lagena becki Sullivan 1962
Lagena citriformis Buchner 1940
†Lagena clava Ozsvárt 2003
†Lagena conscripta Cushman and Barksdale 1930
†Lagena flexa Cushman and Gray 1946
Lagena foraminata Matthes 1939
†Lagena globosa Montagu 1803
Lagena hexagona Williamson 1848
†Lagena hispida Reuss 1863
†Lagena isabella d'Orbigny 1839
Lagena laevigata Buchner 1940
Lagena lateralis Buchner 1940
Lagena micans Buchner 1940
Lagena pretiosa Buchner 1940
Lagena pustulata Buchner 1940
Lagena seguenzae Buchner 1940
†Lagena semicostata Seguenza 1862
Lagena semistriata Williamson 1848
Lagena squamosa Montagu 1803
†Lagena striata Williamson 1848
Lagena strumosa Reuss 1858
†Lagena substriata Williamson 1848
†Lagena sulcata Williamson 1848
†Lagena vulgaris Williamson 1848
G. †Lankesterina Loeblich and Tappan 1961
Subfm. Lingulininae Loeblich and Tappan 1961
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†Marginulinopsis deserti Said and Kenawy 1956
G. †Moncharmontzeiana Patterson 2006
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Invalid names: Pytine Moncharmont Zei and Sgarrela 1978 [replaced]
G. Nodosaria Lamarck 1812
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†Nodosaria affinis Reuss 1845
†Nodosaria anomala Reuss 1866
†Nodosaria consobrina Bagg 1905
†Nodosaria crassitesta Schwager 1866
†Nodosaria ewaldi Reuss 1851
†Nodosaria hispida d'Orbigny 1846
†Nodosaria holserica Schwager 1866
†Nodosaria laevigata d'Orbigny 1826
†Nodosaria latejugata Gümbel 1870
†Nodosaria longiscata d'Orbigny 1846
†Nodosaria longissima Suleimanov 1949
†Nodosaria obtusa Holmes 1860
†Nodosaria parexilis Cushman and Stewart 1930
†Nodosaria parexilis sentifera Cushman and Parker 1931
Nodosaria pyrula d'Orbigny 1826
†Nodosaria radicula Linnaeus 1767
†Nodosaria raphanus Brady 1884
†Nodosaria roemeri Neugeboren 1856
†Nodosaria sagitta Miklukho-Maklay 1954
Nodosaria soluta Reuss 1851
†Nodosaria vertebralis Brady 1884
Invalid names: Orthocera Breynius 1832 [objective synonym]
G. Planularia Defrance 1826
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†Planularia beierana Guembel 1862
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Invalid names: Cristellaria jurassica Guembel 1862 [synonym]
†Planularia caribbeana Bermudez 1949
†Planularia tolmani Cushman and Simonson 1944
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†Pyramidulina latejugata Gümbel 1870
G. †Rimulina d'Orbigny 1826
G. †Robulus Montfort 1808
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†Robulus adelinensis Keijzer 1945
†Robulus alatolimbatus Guembel 1868
†Robulus antipodum Stache 1864
†Robulus arcuatostriatus Hantken 1868
Robulus calcar Linnaeus 1758
†Robulus chiranus Cushman and Stone 1947
†Robulus clericii Fornasini 1895
†Robulus clericii acies Cushman and Renz 1947
†Robulus clypeiformis d'Orbigny 1846
†Robulus cultratus Montfort 1808
†Robulus deformis Reuss 1851
†Robulus gyroscalprum Stache 1864
†Robulus inornatus d'Orbigny 1846
†Robulus insuetus Cushman and Stainforth 1947
†Robulus kincaidi Beck 1943
†Robulus limbosus Reuss 1863
†Robulus limbosus hockleyensis Cushman and Applin 1926
†Robulus mayi Cushman and Parker 1931
†Robulus midwayensis Plummer 1926
†Robulus nikobarensis Schwager 1866
†Robulus propinquus Hantken 1873
†Robulus simplex d'Orbigny 1846
†Robulus terryi Coryell and Embich 1937
†Robulus vortex Fichtel and Moll 1798
†Robulus warmani Barbat and von Estorff 1933
G. †Tribrachia Schubert 1912
G. Vaginulina d'Orbigny 1826
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†Vaginulina clathrata Terquem 1864
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Invalid names: Vaginulina proxima Bartenstein and Brand 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. R. Loeblich and H. Tappan 1987Test free, multilocular, or rarely single chambered, chambers uniserial or less commonly biserial in part, arcuate to rectilinear wall calcareous, hyaline, finely perforate, monolamellar or orthomonolamellar; aperture terminal, commonly radiate or may be rounded, slitlike, or multiple. U. Triassic to Holocene.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: omnivoreo
Comments: epifaunal to deep infaunalf
Created: 2009-05-20 05:37:00
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:37:00
Source: f = family, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Brigantian to the top of the Holocene or 336.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 330.9 Ma

Collections (1019 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) Nodosaria radicula (73420)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Greenland Nodosaria sp. (132173)
Gzhelian - Asselian303.7 - 295.5Russian Federation Nodosaria sp. (75611)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Nodosaria sp. (75594)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Mongolia Frondicularia sp. (116247) Frondicularia zavodovskyi, Nodosaria sp. (116246)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Turkey Nodosaria sp. (201387 201389)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Australia (Tasmania) Frondicularia aulax (120244)
Kubergandian - Murgabian279.8 - 267.0Indonesia Nodosariidae indet. (75572)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Mongolia Nodosaria kolymica (116270)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Australia (Queensland) Nodosaria raggatti (214547 214548 214565) Nodosaria raggatti, Nodosaria springsurensis, Pseudonodosaria serocoidensis, Ichtyolaria limpida (214549)
Murgabian273.01 - 267.0Italy Nodosaria longissima (75029)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Slovenia Nodosaria sp. (36241)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation Dentalina kalinkoi, Frondicularia dilemma, Frondicularia reliqua, Nodosaria omolonica, Nodosaria kolymica, Nodosaria heragona, Nodosaria lata, Nodosaria bogatirovi, Nodosaria netschajewi, Nodosaria krotovi, Nodosaria farcimeniformis, Pseudonodosaria pseudolata, Rectoglandulina pseudoborealis (102396) Nodosaria elabugae, Nodosaria netschajewi, Nodosaria hexagona, Nodosaria saggita, Nodosaria krotowi, Nodosaria farcimeniformis, Nodosaria noinskii, Nodosaria pseudoconcinna, Pseudonodosaria sp., Ichtyolaria fallax, Ichtyolaria sp. (197914) Nodosaria farcimen, Pseudonodosaria nodosariaeformis (197601) Nodosaria hexagona, Ichtyolaria subtilus (197913) Nodosaria longissima (102395) Nodosaria netchajevi, Nodosaria krotovi (197598) Nodosaria sp. (197624 197915) Nodosaria suchonensis (197600)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Thailand Nodosaria sp. (128238)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Iran Nodosaria sp. (112913 112923 112928 112929 211684)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Afghanistan Tristix geinitzianus (81406)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Azerbaijan Nodosaria ustritskii, Nodosaria ochotica, Nodosaria farcimeniformis (94935)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation Nodosaria krotovi (197763) Nodosaria netschajewi, Nodosaria krotovi, Ichtyolaria inflata (117264) Nodosaria suchonensis, Nodosaria hexagona, Nodosaria elabugae (197762) Nodosaria suchonensis, Pseudonodosaria lata, Ichtyolaria fallax, Ichtyolaria longissima, Ichtyolaria triangularis (197534)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Nodosaria sp. (75474)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Armenia Nodosaria falcata (97391) Nodosaria pugoidea (110804)