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Kahlerina

Staffellidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Kahlerina Kochansky-Devide
1956Ussuriella Sosnina p. 21
1967Kahlerina Skinner and Wilde p. 7
1968Kahlerina Sosnina p. 99
1968Pseudokahlerina Sosnina p. 103
1982Kahlerina Zhang
1991Kahlerina Ueno and Sakagami p. 941
1996Kahlerina Davydov p. 221
1996Pseudokahlerina Davydov p. 223
2002Hubeiella Sepkoski
2002Kahlerina Sepkoski
2002Pseudokahlerina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderFusulinina(Wedekind 1937)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFusulinoidea(Möller 1878)
familyStaffellidaeMiklukho-Maklay 1949
subfamilyKahlerininaeLeven 1963
genusKahlerinaKochansky-Devide 1955

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. †Kahlerina Kochansky-Devide 1955
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Kahlerina africana Skinner and Wilde 1967
Kahlerina circularis Sosnina 1968
Kahlerina consueta Sosnina 1968
Kahlerina globiformis Sosnina 1968
Kahlerina minima Sheng 1963
Kahlerina nautiloidea Sosnina 1968
Kahlerina siciliana Skinner and Wilde 1966
Kahlerina ussurica Sosnina 1956
Invalid names: Hubeiella [synonym], Pseudokahlerina Sosnina 1968 [synonym], Ussuriella Sosnina 1956 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubo
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2026-03-24 16:11:43
Modified: 2026-03-24 21:11:43
Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Kiessling 2004, Ueno 2022

Age range: base of the Murgabian to the top of the Changhsingian or 274.40000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (72 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian - Capitanian290.1 - 259.51Japan K. sp. (129000)
Kungurian - Wordian283.3 - 264.28Russian Federation K. sp. (193059)
Murgabian274.4 - 266.9Italy K. pachytheca (75029)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Croatia K. pachytheca (75510)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Slovenia K. pachytheca (36241)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Oman K. sp. (24325)
Guadalupian274.4 - 259.51Türkiye (Muğla) K. sp. (218170)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Guizhou) K. sinensis (185567)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Tunisia (Madanin) K. africana (42091 127796)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy K. siciliana (75474)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Azerbaijan K. pachytheca (82257) K. sp. (110890 110891)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Armenia K. pachytheca (88706) K. sp. (97391)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation K. sp. (193079 193080) K. sp., K. globiformis (193078) Pseudokahlerina sp., K. globiformis, Pseudokahlerina compressa (193081)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Iran K. sp., K. ussurica (211655) K. ussurica (211666)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Alaska) K. sp., Pseudokahlerina sp. (115921)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Japan K. nautiloidea (128827 128828) K. sp. (128708 128775 128967 130714)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Canada (British Columbia) Pseudokahlerina sp., Pseudokahlerina discadalis (95218)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation K. consueta (193090) K. consueta, K. globiformis, K. circularis (131248) K. consueta, K. globiformis, Pseudokahlerina discoidalis, Pseudokahlerina latespiralis, Pseudokahlerina implexa (131247) K. globiformis, K. circularis, Pseudokahlerina discoidalis (131251) K. globiformis, Pseudokahlerina compressa (193077) K. nautiloidea (131252) K. nautiloidea, K. consueta (131256) K. nautiloidea, K. consueta, Pseudokahlerina latespiralis, Pseudokahlerina implexa (131249) K. nautiloidea, K. globiformis (131250) Pseudokahlerina compressa (193083) Pseudokahlerina crepida (131258) Pseudokahlerina discoidalis, Pseudokahlerina compressa (131253) Pseudokahlerina implexa (131257) Ussuriella ussurica (131260)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Azerbaijan K. ovata, K. pusilla (110881) K. pachytheca (94942) K. sp. (110877 110878) K. sp., Pseudokahlerina porrecta (110880)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan K. nautiloidea (128803 128804 128829 128834 128852 128853 128854 128855 129652 129653) K. sp. (128848 128946 130725) K. ussurica (128869 128870 128871 128872 211620 211621 211622)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Armenia K. constricta, K. sp., K. siciliana (97381)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Thailand K. sp. (117963)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Thailand K. sp. (128235)