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Rectocornuspira

Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Cornuspiridae

Taxonomy
Rectocornuspira is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cornuspirinae by Loeblich and Tappan (1988); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
R. grandis, R. kahlori, R. kalhori

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Rectocornuspira Loeblich and Tappan
2002Rectocornuspira Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classTubothalamea
orderMiliolidaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
suborderMiliolinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
superfamilyCornuspiroidea(Schultze 1854)
familyCornuspiridaeSchultze 1854
subfamilyCornuspirinaeSchultze 1854
genusRectocornuspira

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: high Mg calcitesubo
Environment: hypersaline, marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Life habit: epifaunalsubo
Diet: deposit feedersubo
Created: 2007-09-19 08:15:21
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:26:11
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Beavington-Penney and Racey 2004

Age range: base of the Changhsingian to the top of the Spathian or 254.14000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lopingian259.51 - 251.902Iran (Fars) R. kahlori (218561)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Iran (Fars) R. kahlori (218406)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guizhou) R. grandis (111080 111081 111085 111199 114721 114723) R. grandis, R. kalhori (111202 114720 114725 114726 114729 114730 114731) R. grandis, R. kalhori, R. sp. (111082 111083 111200 114722) R. kalhori (111013 111016 111017 111018 111078 111084 111086 111087 111088 111106 111107 111108 111109 111110 111198 114724 114728) R. kalhori, R. grandis (111079 111201 114727)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9China (Guizhou) R. grandis, R. kalhori (114732) R. kalhori (114733 114734 114735)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Hungary R. kalhori (61373)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Romania R. kalhori (216984)