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Valvulineria

Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Discorbidae

Taxonomy

Valvulineria was named by Cushman (1926) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Discorbisinae by Cushman (1927); to Discorbinae by Bertels (1964); to Rotaliidae by Wienrich (1997); to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Baggininae by Margerel (2012).

Species

V. candeiana, V. lenae, V. tumeyensis, V. wilcoxensis

Species lacking formal opinion data

V. aegyptina, V. asterigerinoides, V. bradyana, V. californica, V. casitasensis, V. chirana, V. complanata, V. floridana, V. glabra, V. gracillima, V. infrequens, V. jacksonensis, V. lenticula, V. mexicana, V. miocenica, V. oblonga, V. palmarealensis, V. palmerae, V. petrolei, V. sadonica, V. teurensis, V. teuriensis, V. texana

Entered

by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by S. Nurnberg on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1926	Valvulineria Cushman
1927	Valvulineria Cushman p. 76
1964	Valvulineria Bertels p. 164
1997	Valvulineria Wienrich p. 74
2002	Valvulineria Sepkoski
2012	Valvulineria Margerel

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Chromista	Cavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdom	Rhizaria	()
phylum	Foraminifera	(Eichwald 1830)
class	Globothalamea
order	Rotaliida	Delage and Herouard 1896

Rank	Name	Author
superfamily	Discorboidea
family	Discorbidae	Ehrenberg 1838
subfamily	Discorbinae	Ehrenberg 1838
genus	Valvulineria	Cushman 1926

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. Valvulineria Cushman 1926

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Valvulineria candeiana d'Orbigny 1839

†Valvulineria lenae Bertels 1964

†Valvulineria tumeyensis Cushman and Simonson 1944

†Valvulineria wilcoxensis Cushman and Ponton 1932

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 Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Holocene or 119.57000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.2 Ma

Collections (372 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous	143.1 - 66.0	North Pacific	V. sp. (260584)
Aptian	121.4 - 113.2	Italy (Lazio)	V. sp. (88343)
Late/Upper Aptian	119.57 - 113.2	Mexico (Baja California)	V. sp. (1891)
Early/Lower Albian	113.2 - 110.1	Tunisia	V. sp. (56812)
Albian	113.2 - 100.5	France (Provence)	V. gracillima (56820)
Albian	113.2 - 100.5	Romania	V. gracillima (91389)
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	Tunisia	V. sp. (56814)
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	USA (Texas)	V. asterigerinoides (65714)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Azerbaijan	V. lenticula (165698 165730)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Egypt	V. infrequens (141572)
Piripauan	86.1 - 83.6	New Zealand	V. sp. B, V. sp. A (63092)
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Germany	V. lenticula (74484 74485)
Maastrichtian - Danian	72.2 - 61.66	Argentina (Rio Negro)	V. lenae (236482)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	Libya	V. sp. (77235)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	Slovenia	V. sp. (79269)
Selandian	61.66 - 59.24	South Pacific	V. teuriensis (255036 255039 255041 255044 255045)
Selandian - Thanetian	61.66 - 56.0	South Pacific	V. teuriensis (255035)
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	South Pacific	V. teuriensis (255033)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene	56.0 - 37.71	Trinidad and Tobago	V. palmerae (140160)
Early/Lower Eocene - Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	Nigeria	V. sp. (46246)
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	Nigeria (Imo)	V. sp. (42651 42655)
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	Nigeria	V. sp. (46260)
Lutetian - Bartonian	48.07 - 37.71	USA (California)	V. tumeyensis (42869)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (California)	V. tumeyensis, V. wilcoxensis (186057)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Louisiana/Texas)	V. texana (45017)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	Ecuador	V. chirana (42812)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Namibia (Sperrgebiet)	V. aegyptina (149316)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	North Atlantic	V. petrolei (121377)
Aquitanian	23.04 - 20.45	Austria	V. complanata, V. palmarealensis, V. sp. (99160)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	USA (California)	V. californica, V. miocenica (196169) V. casitasensis (91374)
Miocene	23.04 - 5.333	North Pacific	V. sadonica (250596 250597) V. sp. 2 (266163)
Miocene	23.04 - 5.333	Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia)	V. complanata (62933)
Miocene	23.04 - 5.333	North Atlantic	V. spp. (263970)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia)	V. complanata (62947 62948 63028) V. petrolei (62885)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	USA (California)	V. californica (159672)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Cuba	V. miocenica (232852)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.63	USA (Florida)	V. floridana (94810)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	USA (Florida)	V. floridana (94806)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Italy (Piedmont)	V. bradyana (113998)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	North Pacific	V. glabra (262027 266068) V. sadonica (257878) V. sp. 1 (266158) V. sp. 2 (266155)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	North Atlantic	V. spp. (263964 264498)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	USA (South Carolina)	V. sp. (60932)
Pliocene - Pleistocene	5.333 - 0.0117	North Pacific	V. glabra (266067) V. sp. 2, V. glabra (266066)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene	3.6 - 0.0117	Indian Ocean	V. sp. (254517 254518 254519)
Gelasian	2.58 - 1.8	North Pacific	V. sp. (242507 242514 270585 270588 271010 273192)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.774	Greece (Rhodes)	V. complanata (122994)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.774	Panama	V. palmerae (91912)
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	North Atlantic	V. spp. (260276 260282 260285 260716 260720 260722 260723 260725 260726 262510 263654 263662 263663 263676 263959 264924 264925 265729 265730 265731 265734 265742 265744 265750)
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	North Pacific	V. glabra (261592 261593 261594 261595 261596 261597 261610 261986 261987 261988 261989 261990 261991 261993 261996 261997 261999 262001 262005 267492 267493 267494 267495 267496 267497 267500 267501 267502 267503 267504 267506 267507 267508 267509 267511 267512 267513) V. sadonica (247378 247380 250576 252066 252067 252068 252073 252074 252075 252077 257873 257875 257876 257877) V. sp. (269315 269319 269320 269321 269322 269323 269324 269327 269328 269330 271054 271055 271058 271059 271060 271061 271062 271063 271064 271066 271067 271068 271070 271072 272056 272057 272059 272060 272061 272062 272063 272064 272065 272067 272069 272070 272253 272254 272257 272259 272260 272263 272264 272268 272272 272277 272279 272280 272603 272605 272623 272757 272758 272767 272768 273850) V. sp. 1 (261598 261600 261601 261602 261604 261605 261607 261608 261611) V. sp. 1, V. glabra (261599 261603 261606 261609 267505) V. sp. 1, V. oblonga (261612)
Pleistocene - Holocene	2.58 - 0.0	North Atlantic	V. spp. (265728)
Quaternary	2.58 - 0.0	North Pacific	V. sp. (263005 273787 273789 273796 273797 273798 273800 273802 273803 273805 273806 273807 273808)
C2r.1r	2.116 - 1.925	North Pacific	V. glabra (268035 268036 268037 268038 268039 268040 268041) V. oblonga, V. glabra (268033) V. sp. 1 (268042)
C2r.1r - Cobb Mountain	2.116 - 1.187	North Pacific	V. oblonga (268032)
NN19	1.9 - 0.42	North Pacific	V. glabra (266152) V. sadonica (252693 252694 252695 252698 252705 252710 252711 252716 252738 252743 252746) V. sp. 2 (266153) V. sp. 2, V. glabra (266151 266154)
G. ruber PRZ	1.88 - 0.0	Indian Ocean	V. sp. (253789 256710)
Calabrian	1.8 - 0.774	North Pacific	V. sp. (242484 242485 242486 242487 242488 242489 242490 242491 242493 242494 242495 242504 269071 269072 269075 269076 269077 269078 269079 269080 269081 269084 269088 269089 269091 269934 270454 270455 270459 270461 270518 270520 270521 270525 270526 270527 270528 270529 270530 270532 270534 270535 270537 270540 270542 270543 270544 270546 270548 270549 270550 270552 270557 270558 270561 270562 270565 270566 270568 270569 270571 270573 270575 270579 271428 271430 271434 272415 273122 273140 273141 273142 273155 273159 273176 273178 273843 273844 273845 273854 273855 273856)
Calabrian	1.8 - 0.774	Italy	V. bradyana (77008)
Cobb Mountain - C1r.2r	1.208 - 1.071	North Pacific	V. glabra (268030 268031)
C1r.2r - Jaramillo	1.187 - 0.99	North Pacific	V. oblonga, V. glabra (268028)
Jaramillo	1.071 - 0.99	North Pacific	V. glabra (268024 268025 268026 268027)
Jaramillo - Matuyama	1.071 - 0.773	North Pacific	V. oblonga, V. glabra (268023)
Matuyama	0.99 - 0.773	North Pacific	V. glabra (268020) V. oblonga, V. glabra (268021 268022) V. sp. (273862)
Brunhes	0.773 - 0.0	North Pacific	V. sp. (273859 273860 273861) V. sp. 2, V. oblonga, V. glabra (268019)
NN20	0.42 - 0.29	North Pacific	V. sadonica (247288 247522 247525)
NN20 - NN21	0.42 - 0.0	North Pacific	V. glabra (266150)
NN21	0.29 - 0.0	North Pacific	V. glabra (266148 266149) V. sp. (272781 273841) V. sp. 2 (266144) V. sp. 2, V. glabra (266145)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	North Pacific	V. sp. (272756 273842 273848)