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Liebusella

Globotextulariidae

Taxonomy
Liebusella was named by Cushman (1933) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R]. It is extant. It was considered unknown by Cushman (1933).

It was assigned to Liebusellinae by Cushman (1933); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Liebusella Cushman p. 36
2002Liebusella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAtaxophragmiaceaSchwager 1877
familyGlobotextulariidaeCushman 1927
subfamilyLiebusellinae
genusLiebusella

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. Liebusella Cushman 1933
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. A. Cushman 1933Test in early stages with four or five chambers in the first whorl rapidly dropping to four, then three, and in the adult uniserial, interior labyrinthic; wall coarsely arenaceous, calcareous, with a chitinous lining; aperture- complex, irregularly radiate in adult, terminal.-Eocene to Recent. This genus is named in honour of my friend, Dr. Adalbert Liebus of Prague, for many years a worker on the foraminifera.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedsubo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: infaunalsubo
Diet: detritivoresubo
Created: 2007-11-25 07:07:30
Modified: 2009-05-20 12:15:32
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1984

Age range: base of the NN16 to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.75000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6North Pacific L. soldanii (243744 243745 245020)
NN163.75 - 2.5South Pacific L. soldanii (242910)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774North Pacific L. soldanii (245014)
NN182.4 - 1.9South Pacific L. soldanii (242903 242904 243290)
NN191.9 - 0.42South Pacific L. soldanii (242894 242896 243285 243287 243289 243500)
NN200.42 - 0.29South Pacific L. soldanii (243284 243480 243481 243482 243483 243484 243485 243486 243487 243696 243697 243698 243707 243708 243710)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Pacific L. soldanii (273840)
NN210.29 - 0.0South Pacific L. soldanii (242890 243461 243463 243465 243466 243468 243471 243472 243474 243711)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117North Atlantic L. soldanii (262657)