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Mesorbitolina

Orbitolinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Mesorbitolina Sepkoski
2003Mesorbitolina Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyOrbitolinaceaMartin 1890
familyOrbitolinidaeMartin 1890
genusMesorbitolina

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: agglutinatedsubo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: infaunalsubo
Diet: detritivoresubo
Created: 2007-11-25 07:07:30
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:15:32
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 121.40000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Romania M. parva, M. texana (221641)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Romania M. sp., M. texana (146242) M. texana (146234 146251 146335) M. texana, M. subconcava (146241)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Portugal M. texana (73571)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mexico (Sonora) Orbitolina texana (82202 82205 82207 82208 82209 82211)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1USA (Arizona) M. sp. (208948) M. texana (208947)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Portugal Orbitolina texana (145812)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Mexico M. sp. (161074)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Oman M. subconcava (82358)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian113.2 - 106.3Spain Orbitolina subconcava, Orbitolina aperta (184481)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Mexico (Sonora) Orbitolina texana (82146)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Portugal Orbitolina aperta (145815) Orbitolina texana, Orbitolina aperta (145814)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Portugal Orbitolina aperta (145896)