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Cristellaria (Marginulina)

Taxonomy
Marginulina was named by d'Orbigny (1826) [Sepkoski's age data: J Plie-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 868]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cristellaria (Marginulina) by Stache (1864).

It was assigned to Cristellaria by Stache (1864); to Nodosariinae by Cushman (1927), Dorreen (1948); to Lagenidae by Wienrich (1997); to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Marginulininae by Al Menoufy and Shreif (2021).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Cristellaria bradyi, Cristellaria cassiana, Cristellaria crepidula, Cristellaria cultrata, Cristellaria dunkeri, Cristellaria impressa, Cristellaria inornata, Cristellaria intermedia, Cristellaria italica, Cristellaria laevigata, Cristellaria munsteri, Cristellaria orelliana, Cristellaria parallela, Cristellaria perobliqua, Cristellaria planiuscula, Cristellaria prima, Cristellaria puchella, Cristellaria retulata, Cristellaria schloenbachi, Cristellaria secans, Cristellaria torrida, Cristellaria vaughani, Marginulina akneriana, Marginulina alata, Marginulina alazaensis, Marginulina ashiyaensis, Marginulina bachei, Marginulina behmi, Marginulina breviformis, Marginulina bullata, Marginulina buskensis, Marginulina cherensis, Marginulina coarctata, Marginulina corneola, Marginulina costata, Marginulina cretacea, Marginulina diaffaensis, Marginulina djaffaensis, Marginulina dubia, Marginulina duracina, Marginulina elongata, Marginulina enbornensis, Marginulina exima, Marginulina filicostata, Marginulina glabroides, Marginulina gracilissima, Marginulina hantkeneni, Marginulina hirsuta, Marginulina impropia, Marginulina impropria, Marginulina integra, Marginulina interrupta, Marginulina jarvisi, Marginulina linearis, Marginulina mexicana, Marginulina minuta, Marginulina nuttalli, Marginulina obesa, Marginulina obliqua, Marginulina oolithica, Marginulina prima, Marginulina pyramidalis, Marginulina radiata, Marginulina robusta, Marginulina secta, Marginulina simplex, Marginulina spinata, Marginulina striatocostata, Marginulina subbulata, Marginulina subformosa, Marginulina subregularis, Marginulina terquiemi, Marginulina transmutata, Marginulina trinitatensis, Marginulina turgida, Marginulina unpropria, Marginulina variata, Marginulina viriata, Marginulina wetherelli, Marginulina zaspelovae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Marginulina d'Orbigny
1864Cristellaria (Marginulina) Stache p. 220
1927Marginulina Cushman p. 45
1948Marginulina Dorreen p. 288
1997Marginulina Wienrich p. 40
2002Marginulina Sepkoski
2021Marginulina Al Menoufy and Shreif p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
RankNameAuthor
genusCristellariaLamarck 1816
subgenusMarginulina(d'Orbigny 1826)

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.

Subg. Cristellaria (Marginulina) d'Orbigny 1826
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Marginulina acosta Costa 1856
Marginulina adunca Costa 1856
Marginulina alazanensis Nuttall 1932
Marginulina costatus Batsch 1931
Marginulina cushmani Hanna 1923
Marginulina eximia Neugeboren 1851
Marginulina glabra d'Orbigny 1826
Marginulina hochstetteri Stache 1864
Marginulina inconspicua Hussey 1949
Marginulina infracompressa Thalmann 1937
Marginulina munda Cushman 1938
Marginulina subbullata Hantken 1875
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: base of the Lacian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 227.30000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (291 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lacian227.3 - 215.38USA (Nevada) Marginulina sp. (100412)
Norian227.3 - 205.7USA (Nevada) Marginulina sp. (100391)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (England) Marginulina glabra (200953)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Spain Marginulina alata (73782) Marginulina alata, Marginulina prima (73733 73766)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany (Bavaria) Marginulina alata, Marginulina prima, Marginulina interrupta, Marginulina spinata, Marginulina terquiemi (51275)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Spain Marginulina alata, Marginulina prima (73735 73737 73767 73768) Marginulina prima (73734 73783)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Switzerland Marginulina prima (58314)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Spain (Cantabria) Marginulina prima (222230 222235 222305 222307) Marginulina prima, Marginulina interrupta (222306)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian192.9 - 182.9Switzerland Marginulina prima, Marginulina radiata (58315)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain Marginulina alata (73784)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) Marginulina sp. (66093)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Atlantic Marginulina spp. (261243 262343 263585 267543)
NN172.5 - 2.4Indian Ocean Marginulina obesa (242420 242647)
NN17 - NN182.5 - 1.9North Pacific Marginulina obesa (243929)
NN182.4 - 1.9Indian Ocean Marginulina obesa (242644 242645)
NN191.9 - 0.42North Pacific Marginulina obesa (243928)
NN191.9 - 0.42Indian Ocean Marginulina obesa (242412 242413 242417 242629 242630 242631 242632 242633 242634 242635 242636 242637 242638 242639)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy (Umbria) Marginulina costata (149603 200420)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129South Pacific Marginulina sp. (273998)
NN20 - NN210.42 - 0.0Indian Ocean Marginulina obesa (242627)