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Ammodiscus incertus

Ammodiscidae

Taxonomy
Operculina incerta was named by d'Orbigny (1839). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Trochammina incerta by Parker et al. (1869); it was recombined as Ammodiscus incertus by Chapman (1895).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Operculina incerta d'Orbigny
1869Trochammina incerta Parker et al.
1895Ammodiscus incertus Chapman p. 316

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAmmodiscoidea(Reuss 1862)
familyAmmodiscidaeReuss 1862
genusAmmodiscusReuss 1862
speciesincertus(d'Orbigny 1839)

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.

Ammodiscus incertus d'Orbigny 1839
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedg
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: herbivoref
Created: 2007-11-25 06:01:21
Modified: 2007-11-25 08:01:21
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1988, Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1984

Age range: base of the Brigantian to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 335.90000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) Ammodiscus incertus (73394 73399 73420 73429)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9United Kingdom (England) Ammodiscus incertus (73467)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Texas) Ammodiscus incertus (217080)
Early/Lower Triassic251.902 - 246.7Slovenia Ammodiscus incertus (44520)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Italy Ammodiscus incertus (50964 50970)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy Ammodiscus incertus (50986 50987)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Papua New Guinea Ammodiscus incertus (67687)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (England) Ammodiscus incertus (200948)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Germany Ammodiscus incertus (33512 33522 33523 33524)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Austria Ammodiscus incertus (38056 38057 38058 38059)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Germany Ammodiscus incertus (33516 33517)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany Ammodiscus incertus (33513 33518 33519 33520)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Mexico (Baja California) Ammodiscus incertus (1891)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71Taiwan (N/A) Ammodiscus incertus (208362 208528 208534 208537)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Taiwan (N/A) Ammodiscus incertus (208541 208542 208550 208553 208555 208556 208557 208558 208559)