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Lituola

Lituolida - Lituolidae

Taxonomy
Lituola is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Lituolinae by Cushman (1927), Loeblich and Tappan (1988); to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lituolidae by Kiessling (2003).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Lituola Cushman p. 21
1988Lituola Loeblich and Tappan
2002Lituola Sepkoski
2003Lituola Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
orderLituolida
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyLituoloidea
familyLituolidaede Blainville 1825
genusLituola

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedg
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-25 06:22:04
Modified: 2007-11-25 08:22:04
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Danian or 170.90000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Egypt L. sp. (99485)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian154.8 - 145.06Romania L. baculiformis (201711)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Portugal L. sp. (73538)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Oman L. sp. (82358)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Egypt (Nile Valley) L. difformis (3590 3592)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Egypt (Nile Valley) L. difformis (3591 3593)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark L. aquisgranensis (89866)