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Boultoniidae

Boultoniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Boultoniinae Skinner and Wilde p. 437
1968Boultoniinae Sosnina p. 119
1982Boultoniinae Zhang p. 148
1991Boultoniidae Ueno and Sakagami p. 934
1996Boultoniinae Davydov p. 227
2002Boultoniinae Forke p. 222
2006Boultoniidae Ueno et al. p. 52
2008Boultoniinae Kobayashi and Altiner p. 198
2011Boultoniinae Kobayashi p. 461
2012Boultoniinae Kobayashi p. 679
2020Boultoniidae Wang et al. p. 487

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderFusulinina(Wedekind 1937)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFusulinoidea(Möller 1878)
familyBoultoniidae()
familyBoultoniidae()

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.

Fm. †Boultoniidae Skinner and Wilde 1954
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G. †Boultonia Lee 1927
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†Boultonia cheni Ho 1956
†Boultonia europaea Kochansky-Devide 1973
†Boultonia guadalupensis Skinner and Wilde 1954
†Boultonia heezeni Thompson and Hansen 1954
†Boultonia willsi Lee 1927
G. †Codonofusiella Dunbar and Skinner 1937
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†Codonofusiella ashioensis Kobayashi 2006
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Invalid names: Codonofusiella elongata Kobayashi 2006 [synonym]
†Codonofusiella dzhulfensis Rauser-Chernousova 1965
†Codonofusiella erki Rauser-Chernousova 1965
†Codonofusiella laxa Douglass 1970
†Codonofusiella lipovensis Sosnina 1968
†Codonofusiella lui Shen 1956
†Codonofusiella nabeyamensis Kobayashi 2006
†Codonofusiella nana Erk 1942
†Codonofusiella paradoxica Dunbar and Skinner 1937
†Codonofusiella parva Sosnina 1968
†Codonofusiella sphaerica Sosnina 1968
G. †Dunbarula Ciry 1948
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†Dunbarula cascadensis Thompson et al. 1950
†Dunbarula laudoni Skinner and Wilde 1966
†Dunbarula mathieui Ciry 1948
†Dunbarula nana Kochansky-Devide and Ramovs 1955
†Dunbarula oviformis Kobayashi 2006
G. †Gallowayinella Chen 1934
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†Gallowaiinella laxa Zhang 1982
†Gallowayinella guidingensis Liu et al. 1978
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Invalid names: Gallowayinella laxa Lin 1980 [synonym]
G. †Laibinella Wang et al. 2020
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†Laibinella ellipsoidalis Wang et al. 2020
†Laibinella tobensis Zhang 1982
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†Lantschichites cuniculata Kanmera 1954
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Invalid names: Paraboultonia inuboensis Chisaka 1960 [synonym]
†Lantschichites elegans Sosnina 1968
†Lantschichites exilis Sosnina 1968
†Lantschichites minima Chen 1956
†Lantschichites tenuitheca Sosnina 1968
G. †Minojapanella Fujimoto and Kanuma 1953
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Subg. †Minojapanella (Minojapanella) Fujimoto and Kanuma 1953
†Minojapanella elongata Fujimoto and Kanuma 1953
†Minojapanella fusiformis Sosnina 1968
†Minojapanella parva Sheng 1963
G. †Nanlingella Rui and Sheng 1981
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†Nanlingella suzukii Igo and Igo 1977
G. †Paraboultonia Skinner and Wilde 1954
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†Paraboultonia splendens Skinner and Wilde 1954
G. †Russiella Miklukho-Maclay 1957
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-25 09:17:40
Modified: 2007-11-25 11:17:40
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1984

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Changhsingian or 303.70000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (546 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Greenland Boultonia sp. (132170 132171)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Türkiye Boultonia willsi (129375 129376 129396)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Tajikistan Boultonia sp. (131059)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Austria Boultonia europaea (129231 129232)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Slovenia Boultonia europaea (129351 129354)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Tajikistan Boultonia sp. (130561 130563 130568 130574 130578 130912 130916 130922 130923 130929 130942 130944 130948 130949 130950 130954 130964 130965 130969 130970 130972) Boultonia willsi (130925 130937)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Slovenia Boultonia europaea (129355 129356) Boultonia sp. (129313 129315)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Türkiye Boultonia cheni (113841 113843 113848 113849 113850 113852 113853 113855 114019 114020) Boultonia sp. (129631)
Asselian - Capitanian298.9 - 259.51Japan Dunbarula nana (129001)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Austria Boultonia willsi (129244 129247 129248 129249 129253 129254 129256 129280 129281 129307)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangxi) Palaeofusulina sinensis (74731 97020 97022 206101 206102 206103 206106 206149 206151 206153 206154 206156 206158) Palaeofusulina sp. (50024 56891)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Japan Lantschichites sp. (118962) Nanlingella sp., Palaeofusulina sp. A, Palaeofusulina sinensis (128868) Palaeofusulina sinensis (128867) Palaeofusulina sp. B, Palaeofusulina sinensis (128865) Palaeofusulina sp. B, Palaeofusulina sinensis, Palaeofusulina prisca (128864 128866)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Chongqing) Codonofusiella asiatica, Nanlingella simplex (149273) Codonofusiella bicornis, Codonofusiella lini, Palaeofusulina minima, Palaeofusulina longa, Palaeofusulina sinensis (94980) Codonofusiella kueichowensis, Palaeofusulina sinensis (94975) Codonofusiella simplex, Palaeofusulina nana, Palaeofusulina sinensis (149263) Codonofusiella sp. (149267) Codonofusiella sp., Nanlingella simplex (149268) Codonofusiella sp., Palaeofusulina nana, Palaeofusulina sp., Palaeofusulina fusiformis (149139) Codonofusiella sp., Palaeofusulina nana, Palaeofusulina wangi, Palaeofusulina sinensis (149259) Codonofusiella sp., Palaeofusulina sp. (149269) Codonofusiella sp., Palaeofusulina sp., Palaeofusulina sinensis (149270) Codonofusiella tenuissima (121010) Dunbarula sp., Palaeofusulina rhomboides, Palaeofusulina sinensis, Palaeofusulina prisca (94965) Nanlingella simplex (149271) Nanlingella simplex, Palaeofusulina minima (149272) Palaeofusulina minima (149262) Palaeofusulina minima, Palaeofusulina mutabilis (121015) Palaeofusulina mutabilis (149264) Palaeofusulina mutabilis, Palaeofusulina wangi, Palaeofusulina sp. (149261) Palaeofusulina nana (121023 149257) Palaeofusulina nana, Codonofusiella kwangsiana (121020) Palaeofusulina nana, Palaeofusulina pulla, Codonofusiella kwangsiana, Codonofusiella paradoxica (121019) Palaeofusulina nana, Palaeofusulina typica, Palaeofusulina fusiformis, Palaeofusulina sinensis (149260) Palaeofusulina nana, Palaeofusulina wangi, Palaeofusulina sinensis (149258) Palaeofusulina nana, Palaeofusulina wongi, Palaeofusulina sinensis (94984) Palaeofusulina simplex (94974 94977) Palaeofusulina simplicata (94979) Palaeofusulina simplicata, Palaeofusulina wongi, Palaeofusulina nana (94983) Palaeofusulina sp. (94985 149137 149142 149153 149256 149266) Palaeofusulina wongi, Palaeofusulina minima, Palaeofusulina sinensis (94972)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China Codonofusiella sp., Palaeofusulina sp. (198271)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Greece Dunbarula sp., Palaeofusulina fusiformis (108325)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Iran (Fars) Dunbarula nana (218329)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Zhejiang) Palaeofusulina nana, Palaeofusulina sinensis (105210) Palaeofusulina simplex (61868) Palaeofusulina sp. (111648)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Thailand Gallowayinella guidingensis (42776) Gallowayinella guidingensis, Palaeofusulina sinensis (128236) Gallowayinella guidingensis, Palaeofusulina sinensis, Palaeofusulina laxa (128235) Palaeofusulina sinensis (128471 128472 128473 128474)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Hubei) Nanlingella simplex (149228) Palaeofusulina nana, Palaeofusulina sp. (149226)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Montenegro Palaeofusulina nana (218889)