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Ovalveolina

Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Alveolinidae

Taxonomy
Ovalveolina is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classTubothalamea
orderMiliolidaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
suborderMiliolinaDelage and HĂ©rouard 1896
superfamilyAlveolinaceaEhrenberg 1839
familyAlveolinidaeEhrenberg 1839
genusOvalveolina

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: high Mg calcitesubo
Environment: hypersaline, marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Life habit: epifaunalsubo
Diet: deposit feedersubo
Created: 2007-09-19 08:15:21
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:26:11
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Beavington-Penney and Racey 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Cenomanian or 105.30000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Portugal O. crassa, O. maccagnoi (67543)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Portugal O. crassa, O. maccagnoi (145896)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy (Campania) O. crassa (84801)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lebanon (Kesrouâne) O. ovum (86183)