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Spiroloculina

Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Spiroloculinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Spiroloculina d'Orbigny
1927Spiroloculina Cushman p. 34
1964Spiroloculina Bertels p. 136
1988Spiroloculina Loeblich and Tappan
1997Spiroloculina Wienrich p. 28
2002Spiroloculina Sepkoski
2009Spiroloculina Margerel p. 612
2012Spiroloculina Margerel
2021Spiroloculina Al Menoufy and Shreif p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classTubothalamea
orderMiliolidaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
suborderMiliolinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
superfamilyMiliolaceaEhrenberg 1839
familySpiroloculinidaeEhrenberg 1839
genusSpiroloculinad'Orbigny 1826

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. Spiroloculina d'Orbigny 1826
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Spiroloculina antillarum d'Orbigny 1839
Spiroloculina cretacea Reuss 1854
Spiroloculina depressa d'Orbigny 1826
Spiroloculina excavata d'Orbigny 1846
Spiroloculina karina Wienrich 1997
Spiroloculina lamposa Hussey 1949
Spiroloculina ornata d'Orbigny 1839
Spiroloculina wilcoxensis Cushman and Garrett 1939
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitesubo
Environment: hypersaline, marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Life habit: epifaunalsubo
Diet: herbivoreg
Created: 2009-05-20 03:12:07
Modified: 2009-05-20 05:12:07
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder
References: Beavington-Penney and Racey 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Norian to the top of the Holocene or 227.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 205.7 Ma

Collections (372 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian227.3 - 205.7India S. sp. A (85471)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Türkiye S. sp. (149914 149915 149916 149917 149918 149919 149920 149921 149922 149923 149924 149925 149926)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Berriasian152.21 - 141.0Türkiye S. sp. (149865)
Early/Lower Berriasian143.1 - 141.0Türkiye S. sp. (149951 149952 149953 149954 149955 149956 149957 149958 149959 149960 149961 149962)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Türkiye S. sp. (149963 149964 149965 149966 149967 149968 149969 149970 149971 149972)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Türkiye S. sp. (149867 149868 149869)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Türkiye S. sp. (149870 149871 149872 149873)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Türkiye S. sp. (149874 149875 149876 149881)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Türkiye S. sp. (149864 149877 149878 149879 149880)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Türkiye S. sp. (149882 149883)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Türkiye S. sp. (149884 149885 149886 149887 149888 149889)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Türkiye S. sp. (149866 149890 149891)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Germany S. sp. (50421)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Italy (Lazio) S. sp. (88343)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Türkiye S. sp. (149892 149893 149894 149896 149897 149898)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Italy (Lazio) S. sp. (197177)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Türkiye S. sp. (149895 149899 149900 149901 149902)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Oman S. cretacea (24029)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Türkiye S. sp. (149903 149904 149905 149906 149907 149908 149909)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) S. papyracea (78586)