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Spirillina

Spirillinidae

Taxonomy
Spirillina was named by Reuss (1862) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Rhae R Sepkoski's reference number: 537]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Spirillininae by Cushman (1927); to Spirillinidae by Harlton (1933), Fischer (1969), Loeblich and Tappan (1984); to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Planispirillinidae by Margerel (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Spirillina Reuss
1927Spirillina Cushman p. 73
1933Spirillina Harlton p. 9
1969Spirillina Fischer
1984Spirillina Loeblich and Tappan
2002Spirillina Sepkoski
2012Spirillina Margerel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
RankNameAuthor
suborderSpirillininaHohenegger and Piller 1975
familySpirillinidaeReuss and Fritsch 1861
genusSpirillinaReuss 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.

G. Spirillina Reuss 1862
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†Spirillina bendensis Harlton 1933
Spirillina conoidea Paalzow 1917
†Spirillina infima Strickland 1864
†Spirillina polygyrata Bartenstein and Brand 1937
†Spirillina punctulata Bartenstein and Brand 1937
†Spirillina trochoides Berthelin 1879
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteg
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-25 06:31:27
Modified: 2007-11-25 08:31:27
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pennsylvanian to the top of the Holocene or 323.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 315.2 Ma

Collections (115 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian323.4 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) S. bendensis (132915)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Austria (Calcareous Alps) S. sp. (38148)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Austria S. sp. (170644)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany (Bavaria) S. orbicula (51275)
Pliensbachian - Toarcian192.9 - 174.7Italy S. sp. (33620)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain (Cantabria) S. infirma (222310)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Slovenia S. sp. (87258)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Somalia S. sp. (179135)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Thailand S. sp. (127115)
Tenuicostatum184.2 - 182.9Spain (Cantabria) S. infirma (222254 222259)
Toarcian - Bajocian184.2 - 168.2Thailand S. sp. (127132)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Spain S. numismalis, S. orbicula (168058) S. numismalis, S. orbicula, S. infima (168057)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Spain S. numismalis, S. orbicula (168072 168073 168074 168075)
Late/Upper Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Spain S. numismalis, S. orbicula (168076 168077 168078 168079)
Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian174.7 - 168.6Thailand S. sp. (127137)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Spain S. numismalis, S. orbicula (168080) S. orbicula (168081)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Russian Federation (Karachay-Cherkessia) S. sp. (198639 198643 198645 198680 198692 198695) S. spp. (198646 198673)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia S. sp. (48334 48335 48397 48456 48477 48478 48479)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Serbia S. sp. (159190)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia S. sp. (45550 45551 47912 48505 48519 48526 48586 48594)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland S. tenuissima (61717)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France S. tenuissima (61718 61719)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland S. helvetica (58568)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany S. polygyrata (68548)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Poland S. tenuissima (215194)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Algeria S. sp. (45045)
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.5 - 152.21Bulgaria S. helvetica (151485)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France S. tenuissima (61724)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Switzerland S. tenuissima (61723)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland S. orbicula (78599) S. tenuissima (78596 78597 78598)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Poland (Swietokrzyskie) S. tenuissima (83230)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Germany (Lower Saxony) S. sp. (24127)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Poland S. andreae, S. elongata (215202) S. andreae, S. polygyrata (78625) S. orbicula (78627) S. orbicula, S. andreae (78626) S. polygyrata (78624) S. tenuissima (78619) S. tenuissima, S. orbicula (78618)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Egypt Conicospirillina trochoides (99488)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Germany S. sp. (68425)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Baden-Württemberg) S. elongata, S. tenuissima, S. polygyrata (154138)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany S. sp. (34608 68092)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Poland S. sp. (151546)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Italy S. sp. (68259)
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0Austria S. sp. (60091 60194 60195)
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0Czechia S. sp. (202907)
Berriasian143.1 - 137.05Ukraine S. kubleri (162310)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Portugal S. sp. (65761)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France (Provence) S. neocomiana (56054 56777)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Romania S. minima (91389)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Austria (Salzkammergut) S. cretacea (142308)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Neuquen) S. sp. (236374)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0North Atlantic S. sp. (141910)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Suriname S. perforata (209458)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (Louisiana) S. vicksburgensis (44521)
Otaian - Altonian21.7 - 15.9New Zealand S. sp. (146596)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) S. vivipara (166365)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Atlantic S. spp. (260809 260816 264298 264300 264303 264307 266770 266771 268266)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0North Atlantic S. spp. (266763)
G. truncatulinoides PRSZ0.61 - 0.0North Atlantic S. sp. (263413 263417)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Atlantic S. sp. (265660)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117North Atlantic S. sp. (262657)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) S. decorata (60923)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Seychelles S. sp. (96926)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France S. sp. (56802 56803 56804 56805)