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Thurammina

Saccamminidae

Taxonomy
Thurammina is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Saccammininae by Cushman (1927); to Thurammininae by Loeblich and Tappan (1988); to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Saccamminidae by Kiessling (2003).

Species lacking formal opinion data
T. congesta, T. elliptica, T. sphaerica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Thurammina Cushman p. 12
1988Thurammina Loeblich and Tappan
2002Thurammina Sepkoski
2003Thurammina Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAmmodiscoidea(Reuss 1862)
familySaccamminidaeBrady 1884
genusThurammina

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedg
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: infaunalsubo
Diet: detritivoresubo
Created: 2007-11-25 06:32:48
Modified: 2007-11-25 08:32:48
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1988, Loeblich and Tappan 1984

Age range: base of the Telychian to the top of the Thanetian or 438.50000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Paraguay T. sp. (25570)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4USA (Wisconsin) T. polygona (76451)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Tennessee) T. spp. (26802)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Myanmar T. sp. (25737)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Czech Republic (Moravia) T. minuscula (5767)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Germany T. congesta, T. sphaerica (227413)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7USA (Montana) T. sp. (643)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Indiana) T. limbata (6734)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) T. arenicorna (8080) T. sp. (557)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Texas) T. texana (217080)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) T. diforamens (217104 217105 217107 217109 217121) T. diforamens, T. papillata (217114)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) T. diforamens (217099) T. diforamens, T. papillata (217101) T. elliptica, T. diforamens, T. papillata (217102)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Iowa) T. diforamens (217130)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Missouri) T. diforamens (217123)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) T. sp. (49709)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Spain T. sp. (68306)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany T. papillata (68549) T. sp. (68548)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal T. sp. (68585)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) T. papillata (154138)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Slovakia (Trencin) T. sp. (215965)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Slovakia (Stara Ludovna) T. sp. (215962)