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Eostaffellidae

Eostaffellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Eostaffellidae Mamet
2000Eostaffellidae Ivanova p. 148

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderFusulinina(Wedekind 1937)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFusulinoidea(Möller 1878)
familyEostaffellidaeMamet 1970
familyEostaffellidaeMamet 1970

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.

Fm. †Eostaffellidae Mamet 1970
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G. †Eostaffella Rauser-Chernousova 1948
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Eostaffella acuta Grozdilova and Lebedeva 1950
Eostaffella donbassica Kireeva 1949
Eostaffella galinae Ganelina 1956
Eostaffella irenae Ganelina 1956
Eostaffella lepida Grozdilova and Lebedeva 1950
Eostaffella mosquensis Vissarionova 1948
Eostaffella pinguis Thompson 1944
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Invalid names: Eostaffella akiyoshiensis Sada 1975 [synonym]
Eostaffella serotina Leven 1992
Invalid names: Paramillerella Thompson 1951 [synonym]
G. †Eostaffellina Reitlinger 1963
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Eostaffellina monstruosa Reitlinger 1977
Eostaffellina ovaliformis Melnikova 1977
G. †Mediocris Rozovskaya 1961
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Mediocris breviscula Ganelina 1951
Mediocris mediocris Vissarionova 1948
Mediocris terminalis Ueno et al. 1994
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Millerella marblensis Thompson 1942
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Invalid names: Eostaffella (Millerella) uralica Kireeva 1951 [synonym]
Millerella pura Malakova 1956
G. †Pamirina
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Subg. †Pamirina (Levenella) Ueno 1994
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Pamirina (Levenella) pulchra Wang and Sun 1973
Subg. †Pamirina (Pamirina) Leven 1970
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Pamirina (Pamirina) nobilis Wang and Sun 1973
Pamirina chinlingensis Wang and Sun 1973
Pamirina darvasica Leven 1970
Pamirina haymanaensis Ciry 1938
Pamirina staffellaeformis Zhou et al. 1987
G. †Plectostaffella Reitlinger 1971
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Plectostaffella dualis Ivanova 2000
Plectostaffella jakhensis Reitlinger 1971
Plectostaffella lukensis Ivanova 2000
Plectostaffella varvariensis Brazhnikova and Potievskaya 1948
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: Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1984

Age range: base of the Meramecian to the top of the Changhsingian or 343.00000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (219 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9China (Guangxi) Eostaffella sp. (12448 12449)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (Nevada) Millerella marblensis (12784 12785)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Millerella indet. (9858 9860 9869 9870 9951 9952 9953 9954 9955)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 340.0Ireland Eostaffella parastruvei (78341)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0Ireland Eostaffella sp. (76876 76877)
Holkerian346.7 - 340.0United Kingdom (Wales) Eostaffella parastruvei (6016)
Holkerian346.7 - 340.0Ireland Eostaffella parastruvei (78343 78344) Eostaffella sp. (76882)
Holkerian - Asbian346.7 - 336.0United Kingdom (Wales) Eostaffella parastruvei, Millerella excavata (6017)
Holkerian - Asbian346.7 - 336.0Ireland Eostaffella parastruvei, Eostaffella mosquensis (78346)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Nevada) Eostaffella tortula (62846 62848 62849)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0Ireland Eostaffella mosquensis (78347) Eostaffella sp. (76710) Mediocris sp. (76713)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (Wales) Eostaffella sp., Mediocris mediocris (76084)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0Belgium Eostaffella sp. (76655)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) Paramillerella sp. (57131)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9France Mediocris mediocris, Eostaffella mosquensis (34565)
Chesterian - Arnsbergian335.5 - 323.7USA (Wyoming) Eostaffella circuli (5738) Eostaffella circuli, Eostaffella sp. (5737) Eostaffellina sp. (5741)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2Canada (Alberta) Millerella sp. (62383)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Montana) Millerella sp. (581)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Alabama) Eostaffella paraendothyroidea (2853)
Chesterian - Alportian335.5 - 321.8USA (Wyoming) Eostaffella sp., Eostaffellina sp. (5720)
Pendleian - Arnsbergian330.9 - 323.7Russian Federation (Moscow) Eostaffellina decurta (235591)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2Uzbekistan Eostaffella prisca, Eostaffella ikensis, Eostaffella proikensis, Eostaffella parastruvei, Millerella possica (169212)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2France Eostaffella ikensis, Eostaffella parastruvei, Eostaffella pseudostruvei, Mediocris mediocris, Eostaffella mosquensis (76632)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2Spain (Andalucia) Eostaffella sp. (76855)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Nevada) Millerella marblensis (12782) Millerella sp., Millerella marblensis, Paramillerella inflecta, Paramillerella pressa (12783)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Wyoming) Eostaffella circuli, Eostaffella pseudostruvei, Eostaffella sp., Millerella sp., Eostaffellina paraprotvae, Eostaffellina sp. (5730) Eostaffella circuli, Eostaffella sp., Eostaffellina sp. (5729) Eostaffella sp. (5682 5731) Eostaffella sp., Millerella sp. (5673) Eostaffella sp., Millerella sp., Eostaffellina paraprotvae (5732) Eostaffella sp., Millerella sp., Eostaffellina sp. (5728) Eostaffella sp., Millerella sp., Millerella pressa, Millerella pura, Eostaffellina sp. (5681) Millerella pressa, Millerella sp. (5674 5675) Millerella sp. (5672)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Texas) Millerella marblensis (79966)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2USA (California) Millerella marblensis (143611)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Morocco Plectostaffella sp., Eostaffella postmosquensis, Plectostaffella jakhensis, Plectostaffella varvariensis, Eostaffellina monstruosa, Eostaffellina ovaliformis (224690)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Russian Federation (Sverdlovsk) Mediocris venustus (128229) Plectostaffella dualis (128231) Plectostaffella lukensis (128230)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2USA (New Mexico) Millerella marblensis, Eostaffella pinguis (129716 129717 129719 129862 129863)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Eostaffella sp., Eostaffellidae indet. (129114) Eostaffella sp., Eostaffellidae indet., Mediocris breviscula (129117) Eostaffella sp., Eostaffellidae indet., Mediocris breviscula, Eostaffella pinguis (129111) Eostaffella sp., Eostaffellidae indet., Mediocris breviscula, Eostaffella pinguis, Plectostaffella jakhensis (129107) Eostaffella sp., Eostaffellidae indet., Mediocris breviscula, Eostaffella postmosquensis, Plectostaffella jakhensis (129101 129102 129103 129109) Eostaffella sp., Eostaffellidae indet., Mediocris breviscula, Plectostaffella jakhensis (129104 129106) Eostaffella sp., Eostaffellidae indet., Plectostaffella jakhensis (129100) Eostaffella sp., Mediocris breviscula (129113) Eostaffella sp., Mediocris breviscula, Eostaffella postmosquensis, Plectostaffella jakhensis (129108) Eostaffella sp., Millerella sp., Eostaffellidae indet., Mediocris breviscula, Millerella marblensis (129110) Eostaffella sp., Plectostaffella sp., Eostaffellidae indet., Eostaffella mosquensis, Mediocris breviscula (129099) Eostaffella spp., Eostaffellidae indet., Mediocris breviscula, Eostaffella pinguis (129097) Eostaffellidae indet. (129112 129116) Eostaffellidae indet., Mediocris breviscula (129096 129115) Mediocris breviscula, Plectostaffella jakhensis (129105) Plectostaffella sp., Eostaffellidae indet., Mediocris breviscula (129098)
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.2 - 307.0Spain (Asturias) Eostaffella sp. (76872)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9Canada (British Columbia) Millerella sp., Paramillerella sp. (216542 216544 216546 216548 216553)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Kentucky) Millerella spp., Paramillerella sp. (217267 217269 217271) Paramillerella sp. (217268)
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Wyoming) Eostaffella acutissima, Eostaffella sp., Millerella sp., Eostaffellina sp. (5734) Eostaffella sp., Millerella sp. (5678)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) Eostaffella sp. (49835 49837)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Greenland Eostaffella sp. (132039 132066 132071 132074 132075 132161)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Thailand Eostaffella acuta (131893) Eostaffella donbassica, Eostaffella lepida (131898) Eostaffella sp. A, Eostaffella acuta, Mediocris terminalis (131903) Eostaffella sp. B, Eostaffella acuta (131907) Mediocris terminalis (131905 131906)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Ukraine Eostaffella grozdilovae (216039) Eostaffella grozdilovae, Eostaffella acutissima (216043) Eostaffella grozdilovae, Eostaffella acutissima, Eostaffella adducta (216040)
Kashirian313.8 - 311.45Ukraine Eostaffella grozdilovae, Eostaffella brazhnikovae, Eostaffella grandis, Millerella samarica, Mediocris breviscula (216036) Eostaffella grozdilovae, Eostaffella brazhnikovae, Eostaffella lepida (216034) Eostaffella grozdilovae, Eostaffella brazhnikovae, Eostaffella tenebrosa, Mediocris breviscula (216033) Eostaffella grozdilovae, Eostaffella grandis (216041)
Kashirian - Podolskian313.8 - 309.0Canada (Nunavut) Eostaffella ampla (76940)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (New Mexico) Millerella indet. (9985 10052 10053 10054 10071 10272 10276 10375 10725)
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5Mexico (Sonora) Eostaffella grozdilovae, Millerella sp. (76170)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Greenland Eostaffella sp. (132164 132168)
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian307.0 - 298.9Turkey (Muğla) Eostaffella grozdilovae (218169)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Tajikistan Eostaffella sp. (130356)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Turkey Eostaffella sp. (113796) Millerella sp. (113790 113793 113795)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Greenland Eostaffella sp., Millerella sp. (132170)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) Millerella sp. (217099 217100 217101 217102)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Iowa) Millerella sp. (217128 217129 217130)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Missouri) Millerella sp. (217122 217123)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Millerella sp. (217103 217104 217105 217106 217107 217108 217109 217110 217111 217112 217113 217114 217115 217116 217117 217118 217119 217120 217121)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Nebraska) Millerella sp. (217124 217125 217126)
Noginskian301.2 - 300.1USA (Kansas) Millerella inflata (11675 11677 11679 11681 11683 11685 11757 11762 11763 11765 11766 11772 11795 11811 11812 11813 11825 11828 11832)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Turkey Eostaffella sp. (113842 113846 113847)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Indonesia (Jambi) Eostaffella sp. (152892)
Asselian - Artinskian298.9 - 279.3Japan Pamirina leveni (129078)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Turkey Eostaffella sp. (114029)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Tajikistan Eostaffella serotina, Pamirina staffellaeformis (130065) Pamirina chinlingensis, Pamirina nobilis (130074 130080)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3China (Guizhou) Pamirina pulchra, Pamirina darvasica (185579) Pamirina sp. (185578)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Japan Pamirina leveni (128974)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Turkey Pamirina nobilis (201387) Pamirina pulchra (201390)
Artinskian - Capitanian290.1 - 259.51Japan Pamirina leveni (128994)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Guizhou) Pamirina sp. (185580)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Thailand Pamirina haymanaensis (128416)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Tajikistan Eostaffella serotina (130088 130089) Eostaffella serotina, Pamirina darvasica, Pamirina staffellaeformis (130064) Levenella leveni (182691 182695 182700) Levenella sp. (182696) Pamirina nobilis (130069)
Kungurian - Capitanian279.3 - 259.51Japan Pamirina leveni (128990)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17United Arab Emirates Eostaffella sp. (218382)