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Reophax

Nodosariata - Reophacidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1808Reophax de Montfort
1927Reophax Cushman p. 15
1933Reophax Harlton p. 9
1984Reophax Loeblich and Tappan
1988Reophax Loeblich and Tappan
1988Reophax Morlotti p. 278
2002Reophax Sepkoski
2012Reophax Margerel
2022Reophax Hayward et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classNodosariata
subclassHormosinanaHaeckel 1894
RankNameAuthor
suborderHormosinina
superfamilyHormosinoidea(Haeckel 1894)
familyReophacidaeCushman
genusReophax

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.

G. Reophax de Montfort 1808
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Reophax difflugiformis Brady 1870
Reophax nodulosus Brady 1879
Reophax ouchitensis Harlton 1933
Reophax pilulifer Brady 1884
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedg
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-25 06:28:38
Modified: 2007-11-25 08:28:38
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chadian to the top of the Holocene or 346.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 339.9 Ma

Collections (284 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) R. sp. (557) Rheophax lachrymosa (8072 8073)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) R. oacuhitensis (132869)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Texas) R. spp. (217080)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Egypt (Janub Sina) R. sp. (46635)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) R. lachrymosa (49835 49836)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) R. sp. (8632 8633 8634 8635 8636 8637 8638 8639 8640 8641 8642 8644 8645 8646 8647 8648 8649 8650 8651)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) R. sp. (217116)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Iowa) R. sp. (217128)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) R. sp. (49709)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) R. asper (217237) R. sp. (217089 217090)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) R. sp. (95197)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Queensland) R. minutissimus (214547 214549 214565) R. minutissimus, R. subasper (214546)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Slovenia R. sp. (36241)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy R. sp. (75474)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Lithuania R. aculeatus (46159)
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24China (Guizhou) R. sp. (116947 116953 116955 116956 116962 117026)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Austria R. sp. (67646)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Italy R. sp. (49915)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33China (Guizhou) R. sp. (117035) R. sp. 1, R. sp. 5 (117053) R. sp. 3 (117049) R. sp. 4 (117042 117043) R. sp. 4, R. sp. 7 (117046) R. sp. 6 (117050) R. sp.5 (117038)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464China (Guizhou) R. sp. 3 (117057 117062) R. sp. 4 (117070) R. sp. 5 (117071) R. sp., R. sp. 2, R. sp. 6 (117064)