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Saccammininae

Saccamminidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Saccammininae Brady p. 30
1927Saccammininae Cushman p. 11
1988Saccammininae Loeblich and Tappan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAmmodiscoidea(Reuss 1862)
familySaccamminidaeBrady 1884
subfamilySaccammininaeBrady 1884
subfamilySaccammininaeBrady 1884

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.

Subfm. †Saccammininae Brady 1884
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G. †Ammosphaeroides Cushman 1910
G. Lagenammina Rhumbler 1911
G. †Lagunculina Rhumbler 1903
G. †Millettella Rhumbler 1903
G. Ovammina Dahlgren 1962
G. Pilulinella Saidova 1975
G. Psammophaga Arnold 1982
G. Saccammina Sars in Carpenter 1869
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†Saccammina sphaerica Huang et al. 2019
G. †Sacculinella Crespin 1958
G. †Urnulina Gruber 1884
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedsubo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: infaunalsubo
Diet: detritivoresubo
Created: 2007-11-25 07:07:30
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:15:32
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Telychian to the top of the Rupelian or 438.50000 to 28.10000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 433.4 Ma

Collections (110 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.5 - 433.4USA (Wisconsin) Lagenammina sp. (76451)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7USA (Montana) Saccammina sp. (643)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) Saccammina aspera (217102)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Placentammina sp. (95192)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Lithuania Lagenammina pusilla (46169) Lagenammina pusilla, Saccammina rotunda, Saccammina elongata (45952 46159) Saccammina elongata (46158) Saccammina rotunda (46160) Saccammina rotunda, Saccammina elongata (46144)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Saccammina elongata (46175 46177)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Papua New Guinea Lagenammina sphaerica (67687)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Spain Lagenammina jurassica (73782)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Spain Lagenammina jurassica (73734 73736 73767)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Germany (Bavaria) Lagenammina jurassica (51276)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain Lagenammina jurassica (73784)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Spain Lagenammina jurassica (73739 73740 73769 73771)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Spain Lagenammina liassica (168057 168058)
Early/Lower Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Spain Lagenammina liassica (168072 168073 168074 168075)
Late/Upper Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Spain Lagenammina liassica (168076 168077 168078 168079)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3Spain Lagenammina jurassica (73743 73744 73772)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Spain Lagenammina jurassica (73774)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Russian Federation (Karachay-Cherkessia) Saccammina sp. 1 (198692 198695)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Spain Lagenammina jurassica (73776)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4South Africa Saccammina sp. (70545 70987)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0South Africa Saccammina sp. (70686 70698 70700)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Canada (Alberta) Placentammina sp. 1 (71685 71703 71708) Placentammina sp. 1, Saccammina alexanderi (71365 71366 71371 71377 71688 71693 71696 71700 71702 71706 71707 71711) Placentammina sp. 1, Saccammina alexanderi, Saccammina globosa (71372 71376) Placentammina sp. 1, Saccammina alexanderi, Saccammina lathrami (71368) Saccammina alexanderi (71369 71370 71375 71692 71694 71695 71705 71710) Saccammina alexanderi, Saccammina complanata (71689)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (Alberta) Placentammina sp. 1, Saccammina globosa (71364) Saccammina alexanderi, Saccammina globosa (71363)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Canada (Alberta) Placentammina sp. 1 (71354)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Canada (Alberta) Saccammina alexanderi (71358)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (British Columbia) Lagenammina sp. (91077 91078)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Italy Saccammina sp., Saccammina placenta (91387)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Ukraine Lagenammina sp. (91060)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Ukraine Lagenammina sp. (91070 91073)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Nova Scotia) Saccammina sp. (141910)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Spain Saccammina placenta (154088 154089)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain Saccammina placenta (154096 154098 154099) Saccammina placenta, Saccammina spp. (154097 154100 154103 154104 154105 154106)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Belgium (Vlaanderen) Pseudarcella rhumbleri (94039)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71Taiwan (N/A) Saccammina sphaerica (208352 208353 208354 208360 208361 208362 208363 208539)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9Ukraine (Dnepropetrovsk) Pseudarcella hiulca, Pseudarcella rhynchonelloides, Pseudarcella sulcifera, Pseudarcella spumea, Pseudarcella conoides, Pseudarcella laxa, Pseudarcella rhumbleri (47039)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Placentammina placenta (205200)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Pseudarcella rhumbleri (95898)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Taiwan (N/A) Saccammina sphaerica (208550 208557 208558 208560)