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Valvulina

Lituolida - Lituolidae

Taxonomy
Valvulina was named by d'Orbigny (1826) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Valvulinidae by Cushman (1927); to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Valvulininae by Margerel (2012).

Species
V. oviedoiana
Species lacking formal opinion data
V. fusca, V. lobata, V. pupa, V. spinosa, V. triangularis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Valvulina d'Orbigny
1927Valvulina Cushman p. 26
2002Valvulina Sepkoski
2012Valvulina Margerel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
orderLituolida
superfamilyLituoloidea
RankNameAuthor
familyLituolidaede Blainville 1825
familyVerneuilinidaeCushman 1911
subfamilyValvulininaeBerthelin 1880
genusValvulinad'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. Valvulina d'Orbigny 1826
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Valvulina oviedoiana d'Orbigny 1839
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-28 00:47:02
Modified: 2009-05-20 05:31:44
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Changhsingian to the top of the N. acostaensis/G. lenguaensis CRZ or 254.14000 to 6.13000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 251.902 Ma

Collections (166 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Italy (South Tyrol) V. sp. (204983)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany (Niedersachsen) V. lobata (31435)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France V. fusca (61724)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Germany V. fusca (76953)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0North Atlantic V. spinosa (262352)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0North Atlantic V. spinosa (260581)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Oman (Ash Sharqiyah) V. sp. (215825 215826 215827 215828)
Danian66.0 - 61.66North Atlantic V. spinosa (260579)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Oman (Ash Sharqiyah) V. sp. (215829 215831)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Iraq (Sulaymaniyah) V. sp. (215141 215145 215146 215152 215153 215155 215156)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Pakistan V. triangularis (77287)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Suriname V. triangularis (209479) V. triangularis, V. pupa (209476)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0French Guiana V. pupa (209427 209429 209432 209435) V. pupa, V. triangularis (209428 209430 209439 209440) V. triangularis (209431 209441 209442 209445 209446)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Iraq (Kurdistan) V. sp. (215109 215110 215111 215112 215113)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03North Pacific V. spinosa (268631 270709 271476 272230)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03North Atlantic V. spinosa (262943 264510 264512 264516 266185 266192)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71North Atlantic V. spinosa (268144)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71North Pacific V. spinosa (272210 272250)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71North Pacific V. spinosa (272228)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71North Atlantic V. spinosa (264507 266179 266180 266181 266182 266183)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9North Atlantic V. spinosa (262494 262496 262497 262500 262501 262502 264506 268143)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9North Pacific V. spinosa (268572 268599 271500 272245)
Priabonian - Rupelian37.71 - 27.3North Pacific V. spinosa (268591 268594 268597 268627 271484 272225 272238 272239 272240 272242 272243 272244)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3North Atlantic V. spinosa (262483 262942 268135 268137 268138 268139)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3North Pacific V. spinosa (268561 268562 268564 268566 268618 268620 268621 268623 268625 270359 270715 271469 271471 271481 271482 272201 272202 272207 272220 272221 272224)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04North Pacific V. spinosa (268556 268586 268614 268616 271468 272200)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04North Atlantic V. spinosa (268131 268134)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04North Atlantic V. spinosa (262481 266178)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04North Pacific V. spinosa (268583 268585 270351 270355 272216 272217 272234 272235 272237 273531 273532)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45North Atlantic V. spinosa (268122 268124)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45North Pacific V. spinosa (270348 272215 273484)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45Greece (Ionian Islands) V. sp. (276174 276175 276176 276177)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45North Pacific V. spinosa (273479 273525)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98North Pacific V. spinosa (268578 270341)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98North Pacific V. spinosa (268548 268549 268577 270337 270338 273471 273474 273476)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98North Atlantic V. spinosa (264504 268119 268120 268121)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82North Pacific V. spinosa (270335 273465 273506)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63North Pacific V. spinosa (273500)
F. fohsi TRZ13.41 - 11.79Indian Ocean V. sp. (249231)
G. trilobus PRZ - N. acostaensis/G. lenguaensis CRZ10.46 - 6.13Indian Ocean V. sp. (256724)
N. acostaensis/G. lenguaensis CRZ9.83 - 6.13Indian Ocean V. sp. (256720)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Indian Ocean V. sp. (254523)