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Vertebralina

Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Cornuspiridae

Taxonomy
Vertebralina was named by d'Orbigny (1826). It is extant.

It was assigned to Opthalmidiinae by Cushman (1927); and to Nodobaculariellinae by Loeblich and Tappan (1988).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Vertebralina d'Orbigny p. 319
1927Vertebralina Cushman p. 37
1988Vertebralina Loeblich and Tappan

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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
subfamilyNodobaculariellinaeBogdanovich 1981
genusVertebralinad'Orbigny 1826

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. Vertebralina d'Orbigny 1826
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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 Cenomanian to the top of the Holocene or 100.50000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Indian Ocean V. striata (248974)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) V. cassis (41705)
G. truncatulinoides PRSZ0.61 - 0.0North Atlantic V. sp. (263413 264465)
NN20 - NN210.42 - 0.0Indian Ocean V. spp. (259061)
NN210.29 - 0.0Indian Ocean V. spp. (259785)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117North Atlantic V. sp. (263772)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Seychelles V. rostrata (96926)