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Spiroloculina excavata

Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Spiroloculinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Spiroloculina excavata d'Orbigny
2009Spiroloculina excavata Margerel p. 612

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classTubothalamea
orderMiliolidaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
suborderMiliolinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
superfamilyMiliolaceaEhrenberg 1839
familySpiroloculinidaeEhrenberg 1839
genusSpiroloculinad'Orbigny 1826
speciesexcavatad'Orbigny 1846

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.

Spiroloculina excavata d'Orbigny 1846
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitesubo
Environment: hypersaline, marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Life habit: epifaunalsubo
Diet: herbivoreg
Created: 2009-05-20 03:12:07
Modified: 2009-05-20 05:12:07
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder
References: Beavington-Penney and Racey 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Pleistocene or 48.07000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Nigeria Spiroloculina excavata (60711)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Spiroloculina excavata (61897)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Egypt Spiroloculina excavata (147636 147637)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Atlantic Spiroloculina excavata (260141 260147 260793 260797 260808 260812 260817 260821 263478 264299 264300 264304 264307 264318 264320 264328 264665 264666 264670 264673 264677 264678 264680 264681 264685 264687 264689 264829 266259 266262 266267 266278 266434 266773 266777 268266)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0North Atlantic Spiroloculina excavata (264664)