Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Zeauvigerina

Heterohelicidae

Taxonomy
Zeauvigerina was named by Finlay (1939) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sn T Eo-m-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Heterohelicidae by Huber and Boersma (1994); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by P. O'Brien on 2020-07-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Zeauvigerina Finlay
1994Zeauvigerina Huber and Boersma
2002Zeauvigerina Sepkoski

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyGlobigerinaceae(Carpenter et al. 1862)
familyHeterohelicidaeCushman 1927
genusZeauvigerina

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. †Zeauvigerina Finlay 1939
show all | hide all
Zeauvigerina aegyptiaca Said and Kenawy 1956
Zeauvigerina lodoensis Martin 1943
Zeauvigerina waiparaensis Jenkins 1966
Zeauvigerina zelandica Finlay 1939
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B.T. Huber and A. Boersma 1994Test calcareous, small, subcircular to elliptical in crosssectional outline; chambers biserially arranged in the early portion, with a tendency to become uniserial in the later portion, increasing gradually in size; sutures smooth to slightly depressed, horizontally or obliquely curved; wall microperforate, surface covered with irregularly scattered pustules on all but the final one or two chambers; aperture an asymmetrically positioned, low interiomarginal arched opening partially bordered by a narrow lip in the early ontogenetic stage, becoming oval-shaped and areally or terminally positioned in gerontic specimens, sometimes produced on a short neck that may or may not have an encircling lip.
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: Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04New Zealand (McKay) Z. sp. (219908)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Indian Ocean Z. waiparaensis (254277)