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Ammodiscinae

Ammodiscidae

Taxonomy
Ammodiscinae was named by Reuss (1862). It is extant.

It was assigned to Ammodiscidae by Loeblich and Tappan (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Ammodiscinae Reuss p. 47
1988Ammodiscinae Loeblich and Tappan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAmmodiscoidea(Reuss 1862)
familyAmmodiscidaeReuss 1862
subfamilyAmmodiscinaeReuss 1862
subfamilyAmmodiscinaeReuss 1862

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. Ammodiscinae Reuss 1862
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G. †Hemidiscus Schellwein 1897
G. Spirillinoides Rhumbler 1938
G. †Spirosolenites Glaessner 1979
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedsubo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: herbivoref
Created: 2009-05-20 05:21:59
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:21:59
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ediacaran to the top of the Callovian or 635.00000 to 161.50000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 538.8 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ediacaran635.0 - 538.8Russian Federation (Tomsk) Spirosolenites sp. (99183 99184)
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.4 - 307.0Spain (Asturias) Hemidiscus sp. (76872)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Austria Hemidiscus sp. (49710)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Ammodiscoides conica (217237)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Egypt Ammodiscoides magharaensis (99486)