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Proxifrons

Taxonomy
Proxifrons is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Proxifrons Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
RankNameAuthor
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
genusProxifrons

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-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-28 00:47:02
Modified: 2009-05-20 05:31:44
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (62 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333North Atlantic P. inaequalis (267582)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58North Atlantic P. inaequalis (263597)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58North Atlantic P. inaequalis (263591 263592 263596 267558 267562 267563 267566 267567)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117North Atlantic P. inaequalis (263590)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58North Atlantic P. inaequalis (262677 265664)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774North Atlantic P. inaequalis (262670 262673)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Atlantic P. inaequalis (261254 262338 262340 262341 262343 262346 262347 263585 263587 263589 263868 263888 263889 263898 263899 264532 264539 264540 264554 264822 264951 264952 264956 264962 266478 266483 266705 267387 267544 267548 267549)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Pacific P. advena (269638 269640 269644 269645 269646 269647 269655 269658 269669 269676 270270 270298)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129South Pacific P. advena (273987 273992)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Pacific P. advena (273983)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117North Atlantic P. inaequalis (263276)