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Lituotuba

Ammodiscidae

Taxonomy
Lituotuba was named by Rhumbler (1895) [Sepkoski's age data: K Haut-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1051]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Lituotubidae by Loeblich and Tappan (1988) and Morlotti (1988); to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Ammodiscidae by Cushman (1927) and Kiessling (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Lituotuba Rhumbler
1927Lituotuba Cushman p. 18
1988Lituotuba Loeblich and Tappan
1988Lituotuba Morlotti p. 280
2002Lituotuba Sepkoski
2003Lituotuba Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAmmodiscoidea(Reuss 1862)
familyAmmodiscidaeReuss 1862
genusLituotubaRhumbler 1895

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. Lituotuba Rhumbler 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedsubo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: herbivoref
Created: 2009-05-20 05:21:59
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:21:59
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 364.70000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7USA (Montana) L. sp. (643)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Egypt (Janub Sina) L. regularis (46632)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) L. sp. (8632 8634 8635 8636 8637 8640 8641 8642 8643 8644 8645 8646 8647 8648 8649 8651)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Hubei) L. sp. (149231)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Chongqing) L. sp. (149258 149270)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Hungary L. sp. (99503 99504)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0China (Sichuan) L. sp. (25403)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Slovakia L. sp. (57037)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Germany (Bavaria) L. sp. (51276)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Egypt L. sp. (99488)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Oklahoma) L. sp. (93890)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Italy L. irregularis (91388)