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Mucronina

Nodosariata - Nodosariida - Nodosariidae

Taxonomy
Mucronina is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Nodosariidae by Loeblich and Tappan (1988); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Mucronina Loeblich and Tappan
2002Mucronina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classNodosariata
RankNameAuthor
orderNodosariida
superfamilyNodosarioideaEhrenberg 1838
familyNodosariidaeEhrenberg 1838
genusMucronina

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
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-05-20 05:37:00
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:37:00
Source: f = family, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the NN13 to the top of the NN16 or 5.00000 to 2.50000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indian Ocean M. compressa (250341)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58North Pacific M. acuta (266157)
NN135.0 - 4.0Indian Ocean M. compressa (257289)
NN154.0 - 3.75Indian Ocean M. compressa (256215 256216)
NN15 - NN164.0 - 2.5Indian Ocean M. compressa (254661)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Italy M. gemina (57058)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Pacific M. acuta (261988 261999 262005 262019)