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Cornuspira orbicula

Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Cornuspiridae

Taxonomy
Cornuspira orbicula was named by Terquem and Berthelin (1875).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Cornuspira orbicula Terquem and Berthelin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classTubothalamea
orderMiliolidaLankester 1885
suborderMiliolinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyCornuspiroidea(Schultze 1854)
familyCornuspiridaeSchultze 1854
subfamilyCornuspirinaeSchultze 1854
genusCornuspiraSchultze 1854
speciesorbiculaTerquem and Berthelin 1875

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.

Cornuspira orbicula Terquem and Berthelin 1875
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteg
Environment: hypersaline, marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Life habit: epifaunalsubo
Diet: deposit feedersubo
Created: 2007-11-25 06:06:47
Modified: 2007-11-25 08:06:47
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1988, Beavington-Penney and Racey 2004

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Late/Upper Hauterivian or 170.90000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Slovakia Cornuspira orbicula (201061)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Egypt Cornuspira orbicula (99487)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Spain (Pais Vasco) Cornuspira orbicula (78220)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Spain (Pais Vasco) Cornuspira orbicula (78221)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6South Africa Cornuspira orbicula (70541 70542 70657)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77South Africa Cornuspira orbicula (70689 70691 70692 70693 70700)