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Praeorbitolina

Orbitolinidae

Taxonomy
Praeorbitolina is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Orbitolinidae by Kiessling (2003).

Species lacking formal opinion data
P. cormyi, P. wienandsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Praeorbitolina Sepkoski
2003Praeorbitolina Kiessling

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

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 12:15:32
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Aptian or 121.40000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Romania P. cormyi (221641)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57China (Xizang) P. sp. (61412)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Ethiopia P. cormyi (46587 46588)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Croatia P. cormyi (63999) P. cormyi, P. wienandsi (64000)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Spain P. wienandsi (64389)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5China (Xizang) P. sp. (61404)