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Crithionina

Hemisphaeramminidae

Taxonomy
Crithionina was named by Goës (1894). It is extant. Its type is Crithionina mamilla.

It was assigned to Astrorhizidae by Cushman (1927); and to Crithionininae by Loeblich and Tappan (1988).

Species
C. mamilla (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Crithionina Goës p. 38
1927Crithionina Cushman p. 7
1988Crithionina Loeblich and Tappan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAstrorhizaceaBrady 1881
familyHemisphaeramminidaeLoeblich and Tappan 1961
subfamilyCrithionininaeHofker 1972
genusCrithioninaGoës 1894

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. Crithionina Goës 1894
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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 Berriasian to the top of the Late/Upper Valanginian or 143.10000 to 132.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 137.05 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Russian Federation C. sp. (65700)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Russian Federation C. sp. (65744 65748)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Russian Federation C. sp. (65751)