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Bolivinitidae

Bolivinitidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Bolivinitidae Cushman
1984Bolivinitidae Loeblich and Tappan
1988Bolivinitidae Loeblich and Tappan
2003Bolivinitidae Kiessling
2012Bolivinitidae Margerel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderRotaliinaDelage and Herouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyBolivinitaceaCushman 1927
familyBolivinitidaeCushman 1927
familyBolivinitidaeCushman 1927

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. Bolivinitidae Cushman 1927
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G. Bolivinellina Saidova 1975
G. Coryphostoma Cushman 1936
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Coryphostoma digitalis d'Orbigny 1846
Coryphostoma sinuosa Cushman 1936
Subfm. Parabrizalininae Revets 1996
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G. Loxostomina Sellier de Civrieux 1969
G. Rutherfordoides McCulloch 1981
Subfm. Sagrininae Revets 1996
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G. Virgulopsis Finlay 1939
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. R. Loeblich and H. Tappan 1984Test biserial, sides flattened and edges truncate, angles of the test carinate; aperture a high opening in the face of the final chamber, one border sharply bent inward to form an internal toothplate. Miocene to Holocene.
A. R. Loeblich and H. Tappan 1988 Test biserial, sides flattened and edges truncate, angles of the test carinate; aperture a high opening in the face of the final chamber, one border sharply bent inward to form an internal toothplate. Miocene to Holocene.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubo
Environment: outer shelf, marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-09-19 08:26:03
Modified: 2007-09-19 10:26:03
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Holocene or 100.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (429 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Coryphostoma plaitum (140715 140717)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt Coryphostoma plaitum (140719 140720)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Tunisia Coryphostoma incrassata, Coryphostoma midwayensis (57322 57344 57345 57346 57347 57348 57356 57362 57363 57365 57366) Coryphostoma incrassata, Coryphostoma midwayensis, Coryphostoma plaitum (57320 57321 57323 57324 57325 57326 57334 57335 57336 57337 57342 57349 57351 57352 57353 57354 57355 57357 57358 57359 57360 57361 57367 57368) Coryphostoma incrassata, Coryphostoma plaitum (57341) Coryphostoma midwayensis (57350) Coryphostoma midwayensis, Coryphostoma plaitum (57327 57328 57329 57330 57331 57332 57333 57338 57339 57340 57343 57364)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0South Pacific Coryphostoma midwayensis (255032)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Spain Coryphostoma midwayensis (154088 154089)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Spain Coryphostoma midwayensis (154090 154096)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3South Pacific Coryphostoma spp. (260094)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04South Pacific Coryphostoma spp. (254246)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Austria Virgulopsis tuberculatus (99160)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Indian Ocean Coryphostoma midwayensis (257080)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98South Pacific Coryphostoma spp. (254241 254243 254244)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India Virgulopsis sp. (77654)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333South Pacific Bolivinita pliozea (271596 271598 271607 271608 271609 271614 271615) Bolivinita pohana (269777) Virgulopsis spp. (255000)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58South Pacific Bolivinita pliozea (269762 269767 269768) Bolivinita pohana (269766) Bolivinita quadrilatera (269764)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Indian Ocean Coryphostoma midwayensis (257078 257079)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Malaysia Coryphostoma sp. (165770)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333New Zealand Bolivinita finlayi, Bolivinita pliozea (84313)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Virgulopsis sp. (70860)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6New Zealand Bolivinita pliozea (73307)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Pacific Bolivinita pliozea (269687 269688 269689 269690 269698 269699 269702 269703 269704 269706 269708 269709 269710 269712 269713 269714 269715 269716 269717 269718 269720 269721 269722 269723 269724 269727 269729 269730 269731 269733 269734 269735 269736 269737 269740 269748 269752 269753 269754 269759 270309 271528 271531 271538 271556 271557 271558 271569 271570 271571 271572 271574 271576 271577 271578 271579 271580 271584 271586 272333 272344) Bolivinita pohana (269760) Bolivinita pohana, Bolivinita pliozea (269747) Bolivinita pohana, Bolivinita pliozea, Bolivinita quadrilatera (269746) Coryphostoma spp. (256742)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Japan Bolivinita quadrilatera (45525 45528)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58North Pacific Bolivinita quadrilatera (252097 252098 254205)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117South Pacific Bolivinita elegantissima (256729) Bolivinita pliozea (271527) Virgulopsis turris (272321)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117North Pacific Bolivinellina translucens (266066)
NN135.0 - 4.0Indian Ocean Bolivinita quadrilatera (253853)
C2Ar - C2An.3n4.187 - 3.33North Pacific Bolivinita quadrilatera (257744)
C2An.1n3.032 - 2.61North Pacific Bolivinita quadrilatera (254951)
C22.61 - 1.78North Pacific Bolivinita quadrilatera (253344)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Pacific Bolivinellina translucens (267493 267496 267499) Rutherfordoides mexicanus (261592 261593 261594 261595 261596 261599 261601 261602 261604)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Atlantic Bolivinita quadrilatera (260693 261773 261777 261778 261784 261788 261794 262440 262441 262446 262447 262448 262467 262468 262470 264816 264817 265241 265242 265244 265458 265483 265780 266721 266735 267032 267034 267035 267036 267397 267400 267406 267407 267408 267411) Loxostomina major (261898 265230)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Pacific Bolivinita elegantissima (255333) Bolivinita pliozea (244020 246184 269640 269642 269643 269644 269645 269646 269647 269649 269650 269651 269652 269653 269654 269655 269657 269659 269660 269662 269663 269664 269665 269666 269667 269668 269669 269671 269673 269675 269676 270273 270274 270275 270288 270289 270290 270291 270293 270294 270296 270297 270298 271519 271520 271524 271525 271526 272314 272317) Bolivinita pliozea, Bolivinita quadrilatera (269641 269648 269656) Bolivinita quadrilatera (244023 244321 246168 246177 246180 269634) Bolivinita quadrilatera, Bolivinita pliozea (246175 246179 246182 246183) Bolivinita quadrilatera, Bolivinita pohana (246181) Bolivinita quadrilatera, Virgulopsis spp. (254997) Virgulopsis turris (270263 270265 272298 272300 272307)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0North Atlantic Bolivinita quadrilatera (262438 266719)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0South Pacific Bolivinita pliozea (258357) Bolivinita quadrilatera, Bolivinita pliozea (258347)
NN182.4 - 1.9South Pacific Bolivinita quadrilatera (243291)
C2r.1r2.116 - 1.925North Pacific Rutherfordoides mexicanus (268033 268037 268038 268039 268040 268041 268042 268043)
C2r.1r - Cobb Mountain2.116 - 1.187North Pacific Rutherfordoides mexicanus (268032)
NN191.9 - 0.42Indian Ocean Bolivinita quadrilatera (253834 253835 253836 253837 253838)
NN191.9 - 0.42North Pacific Rutherfordoides mexicanus (266153)
NN191.9 - 0.42South Pacific Bolivinita quadrilatera (243286 243492 243493 243494 243495 243496 243497 243498 243499 243500 243501)
NN19 - NN201.9 - 0.29South Pacific Bolivinita quadrilatera (243490 243491)
Cobb Mountain - C1r.2r1.208 - 1.071North Pacific Rutherfordoides mexicanus (268031)
C1r.2r - Jaramillo1.187 - 0.99North Pacific Rutherfordoides mexicanus (268029)
Jaramillo1.071 - 0.99North Pacific Rutherfordoides mexicanus (268024 268025 268027)
Jaramillo - Matuyama1.071 - 0.773North Pacific Rutherfordoides mexicanus (268023)
Matuyama0.99 - 0.773North Pacific Rutherfordoides mexicanus (268020)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129South Pacific Bolivinita pliozea, Bolivinita quadrilatera, Virgulopsis turris, Virgulopsis sp. (273992) Bolivinita pohana, Bolivinita pliozea, Virgulopsis turris (273997) Bolivinita quadrilatera (273984 273985 273986 273987 273989 273990 273991 273993 273994 273996 273998 273999) Virgulopsis turris (273995)
Brunhes0.773 - 0.0North Pacific Rutherfordoides mexicanus (268019)
G. truncatulinoides PRSZ0.61 - 0.0North Atlantic Bolivinita quadrilatera (263420)
NN200.42 - 0.29North Pacific Bolivinita quadrilatera (247288 247289 247525 247526 247527)
NN200.42 - 0.29South Pacific Bolivinita quadrilatera (243477 243478 243479 243480 243481 243482 243483 243484 243485 243486 243487 243488 243692 243693 243694 243695 243697 243698 243699 243700 243701 243702 243703 243704 243707 243708 243709 243710)
NN200.42 - 0.29North Atlantic Bolivinita quadrilatera (263264)
NN20 - NN210.42 - 0.0South Pacific Bolivinita quadrilatera (243717)
NN210.29 - 0.0South Pacific Bolivinita quadrilatera (243458 243459 243460 243461 243462 243464 243466 243470 243471 243475 243476 243691 243711 243712 243713 243714 243715 243716)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Pacific Bolivinellina translucens, Rutherfordoides mexicanus (266143) Bolivinita quadrilatera (247276 247282 247284 247285 247287 247511 247518) Rutherfordoides mexicanus (266148)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Atlantic Bolivinita quadrilatera (263252 265074 265093 265263 265271)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Pacific Bolivinita pliozea (273969 273970 273977) Bolivinita pohana (273966 273968 273971 273975) Bolivinita pohana, Bolivinita pliozea, Virgulopsis petiae (273967) Bolivinita pohana, Bolivinita quadrilatera (273978) Bolivinita quadrilatera (273965 273974 273976 273979 273980 273981 273982 273983)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0South Pacific Bolivinita quadrilatera (273964)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Pacific Bolivinita elegantissima (254995) Bolivinita quadrilatera (243729 273963)