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Kahlerina africana

Staffellidae

Taxonomy
Kahlerina africana was named by Skinner and Wilde (1967). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tu-6, Baten Beni Zid, Djebel Tebaga, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Tunisia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. constricta, K. ovata, K. pachytheca, K. pusilla, K. sinensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Kahlerina africana Skinner and Wilde p. 7 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderFusulinina(Wedekind 1937)
superfamilyFusulinoidea(Möller 1878)
RankNameAuthor
familyStaffellidaeMiklukho-Maklay 1949
subfamilyKahlerininaeLeven 1963
genusKahlerinaKochansky-Devide 1955
speciesafricana

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.

†Kahlerina africana Skinner and Wilde 1967
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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: Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Tunisia (Madanin) Kahlerina africana (42091 type locality: 127796)