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Sphaeroidinella
Taxonomy
Sphaeroidinella was named by Cushman (1927) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio-l R]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Globigerinidae by Cushman (1927), Kiessling (2009), Lam and Leckie (2020).
It was assigned to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Globigerinidae by Cushman (1927), Kiessling (2009), Lam and Leckie (2020).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1927 | Sphaeroidinella Cushman |
| 2002 | Sphaeroidinella Sepkoski |
| 2009 | Sphaeroidinella Kiessling |
| 2020 | Sphaeroidinella Lam and Leckie |
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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. Sphaeroidinella Cushman 1927
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Sphaeroidinella dehiscens Parker and Jones 1865
†Sphaeroidinella excavata Banner and Blow 1965
†Sphaeroidinella multiloba LeRoy 1944
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. A. Cushman 1927 | Test in the early stages, trochoid and like Globigerina., with coarse cancellated surface and probably with spines; in the adult with the chambers embracing, two or three forming the exterior, the chambers slightly separated, the edges with somewhat crenulated carinae, without spines. Pliocene to Recent. |
Measurements
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma
Collections (985 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cenozoic | South Pacific | S. dehiscens (265842) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | North Pacific | S. dehiscens (248866) | |
| Aquitanian | North Pacific | S. dehiscens (270958) | |
| Miocene | Indian Ocean | S. dehiscens (249351) | |
| Miocene | North Atlantic | S. dehiscens (260232 260236 260238 260270 260273) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | North Pacific | S. dehiscens (248865) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | North Atlantic | S. dehiscens (262268) | |
| Neogene | South Pacific | S. dehiscens (268259) | |
| Burdigalian | North Atlantic | S. dehiscens (261963) | |
| Tortonian | North Atlantic | S. dehiscens (261957 261958 261959 261960) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | North Pacific | S. dehiscens (245401 245402 246059 246060 251368 251377) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Timor-Leste | S. dehiscens (141950 142383 142384) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | South Pacific | S. dehiscens (249312) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | North Pacific | S. dehiscens (270874) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene | North Pacific | S. dehiscens (267120 267121) | |
| NN11 | Indian Ocean | S. dehiscens (244954 244955 248073 248077 248078 248079 248081 248083 248084 248085 248086 248087 248090 248091 248093 248095 248097 248101 248102 248103 248104 248105 256033) | |
| NN11 | North Pacific | S. dehiscens (244570 244572 252762) | |
| NN11 - NN12 | North Pacific | S. dehiscens (244567 244568 244569) | |
| NN11 - NN12 | Indian Ocean | S. dehiscens (251626 256021 256022 256023) | |
| Messinian | North Pacific | S. dehiscens (270940) | |