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Saccammina sphaerica

Saccamminidae

Taxonomy
Saccammina sphaerica was named by Huang et al. (2019). It is considered to be a form taxon. It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Saccammina sphaerica Huang et al. p. 116

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
superfamilyAmmodiscoidea(Reuss 1862)
RankNameAuthor
familySaccamminidaeBrady 1884
subfamilySaccammininaeBrady 1884
genusSaccamminaSars in Carpenter 1869
speciessphaerica

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.

Saccammina sphaerica Huang et al. 2019
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedg
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: infaunalsubo
Diet: detritivoresubo
Created: 2007-11-25 06:28:53
Modified: 2007-11-25 08:28:53
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Loeblich and Tappan 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 55.80000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71Taiwan (N/A) Saccammina sphaerica (208352 208353 208354 208360 208361 208362 208363 208539)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Taiwan (N/A) Saccammina sphaerica (208550 208557 208558 208560)