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Orobias ciscoensis

Endothyridae

Taxonomy
Staffella ciscoensis was named by Harlton (1928). Its type specimen is USNM 85512, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TX Foram & Ostra, W of Cisco, which is in a Pennsylvanian marine horizon in the Cisco Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Orobias ciscoensis by Harlton (1933).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Staffella ciscoensis Harlton p. 307 figs. pl. 52, fig. 9
1933Orobias ciscoensis Harlton p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderFusulinina(Wedekind 1937)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyEndothyroidea(Brady 1884)
familyEndothyridaeBrady 1884
genusOrobias
speciesciscoensis(Harlton 1928)

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.

Orobias ciscoensis Harlton 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-25 09:17:40
Modified: 2007-11-25 11:17:40
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1984

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pennsylvanian to the top of the Bashkirian or 323.40000 to 315.20000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) Staffella ciscoensis (132869)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian323.4 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) Staffella ciscoensis (132868 132881 132883 132915 132917 132918 132919)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Texas) Staffella ciscoensis (215213)