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Sphaeroidinella dehiscens

Globigerinidae

Taxonomy
Sphaeroidina dehiscens was named by Parker and Jones (1865). It is extant.

It was recombined as Sphaeroidinella dehiscens by Cushman (1927), Kennett and Srinivasan (1983), Kiessling (2009), Lam and Leckie (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. subdehiscens, S. excavata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Sphaeroidina dehiscens Parker and Jones
1927Sphaeroidinella dehiscens Cushman p. 90
1983Sphaeroidinella dehiscens Kennett and Srinivasan p. 212
2009Sphaeroidinella dehiscens Kiessling
2020Sphaeroidinella dehiscens Lam and Leckie

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
superfamilyGlobigerinoidea
RankNameAuthor
familyGlobigerinidaeCarpenter et al. 1862
genusSphaeroidinella
speciesdehiscens()

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.

Sphaeroidinella dehiscens Parker and Jones 1865
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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: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (977 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenozoic66.0 - 0.0South Pacific Sphaeroidinella dehiscens (265842)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3North Pacific Sphaeroidinella dehiscens (248866)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45North Pacific Sphaeroidinella dehiscens (270958)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333North Atlantic Sphaeroidinella dehiscens (260232 260236 260238 260270 260273)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Indian Ocean Sphaeroidinella dehiscens (249351)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58North Pacific Sphaeroidinella dehiscens (248865)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58North Atlantic Sphaeroidinella dehiscens (262268)
Neogene23.04 - 2.58South Pacific Sphaeroidinella dehiscens (268259)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98North Atlantic Sphaeroidinella dehiscens (261963)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246North Atlantic Sphaeroidinella dehiscens (261957 261958 261959 261960)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
NN200.42 - 0.29Indian Ocean Sphaeroidinella dehiscens (247937 249917 249918 249976 255907 255909 255910 255911 255912 255913 256861 257841)
NN200.42 - 0.29North Pacific Sphaeroidinella dehiscens (260027)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Pacific Sphaeroidinella dehiscens (249704 249705 249706 249707 253084 253085 260018 260019)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Atlantic Sphaeroidinella dehiscens (262064)
NN210.29 - 0.0Indian Ocean Sphaeroidinella dehiscens (248652 248983 249910 250507 252946 253265 253267 253269 254151 256855 256857 257884 259325 259326 259329 259338 259642 259643 259646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117North Pacific Sphaeroidinella dehiscens (257423)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indian Ocean Sphaeroidinella dehiscens (252171 252172 252177 252178 252179 252180 252181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117North Atlantic Sphaeroidinella dehiscens (265933 265934 267006 267009 267013 267017 267020 267950 267957 267961 267962)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0North Pacific Sphaeroidinella dehiscens (247082 267099)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Pacific Sphaeroidinella dehiscens (264828 268257)