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Eponididae

Eponididae

Taxonomy
Eponididae was named by Hofker (1951). It is extant.

It was assigned to Discorbacea by Margerel (2012), Al Menoufy and Shreif (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Eponididae Hofker
2012Eponididae Margerel
2021Eponididae Al Menoufy and Shreif p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderRotaliinaDelage and Herouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyDiscorbaceaEhrenberg 1838
familyEponididaeHofker 1951
familyEponididaeHofker 1951

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. Eponididae Hofker 1951
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G. Alabaminella Saidova 1975
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Subfm. Eponidinae Hofker 1951
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G. Poroeponides Cushman 1944
G. Ioanella Saidova 1975
G. Pulvinulina Carpenter et al. 1862
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†Pulvinulina helicella Hanna 1923
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubo
Environment: outer shelf, marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-09-19 08:26:03
Modified: 2007-09-19 10:26:03
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Cretaceous to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 100.50000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0South Africa Pulvinulina karsteni (38815) Pulvinulina sp. (38881)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Croatia Eponididae indet. (87251)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Pulvinulina helicella (201621)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Nigeria Pulvinulina brongniartii, Pulvinulina oblonga, Pulvinulina hauerii, Pulvinulina elegans (60711)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (South Carolina) Poroeponides lateralis (60932)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa Pulvinulina sp. (77479)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Poroeponides lateralis, Poroeponides repanda (57702)