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Globorotalia (Hirsutella) scitula

Globorotaliidae

Taxonomy
Pulvinulina scitula was named by Brady (1882). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Globorotalia scitula by Gibson (1983); it was recombined as Hirsutella scitula by Hayashi et al. (2014); it was recombined as Globorotalia (Hirsutella) scitula by Kennett and Srinivasan (1983), Lam and Leckie (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Pulvinulina scitula Brady
1983Globorotalia scitula Gibson p. 373
1983Globorotalia (Hirsutella) scitula Kennett and Srinivasan
2014Hirsutella scitula Hayashi et al.
2020Globorotalia (Hirsutella) scitula Lam and Leckie

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
superfamilyGlobigerinoidea
RankNameAuthor
familyGloborotaliidaeCushman 1927
genusGloborotalia
subgenusHirsutella()
speciesscitula()

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.

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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 Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (1421 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenozoic66.0 - 0.0Indian Ocean Globorotalia scitula (249005 249008 249009 249011 249014 250401)
Eocene - Oligocene56.0 - 23.04Indian Ocean Globorotalia scitula (253597)
Oligocene - Neogene33.9 - 2.58Indian Ocean Globorotalia scitula (257597)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.04 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Globorotalia scitula (48887)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333North Pacific Globorotalia scitula (254675 254676)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333South Pacific Hirsutella scitula (268969 268983 268984 269603 269604 269608 269609)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333North Atlantic Globorotalia scitula (260230 260239 260241 260242 260244 260250 260252 260253 260254 260255 260256 260257 260259 260260 260261 260262 260263 260264 260265 260266 260267 260269 260270 262269 262270 262271)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Indian Ocean Globorotalia scitula (249349 249350 249351 249352 249353 249355 250365 250367 253160 253161 253162 253163 253164 257542)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58South Pacific Hirsutella scitula (255763)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Indian Ocean Globorotalia scitula (253157 253158)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
NN20 - NN210.42 - 0.0Indian Ocean Globorotalia scitula (244685 247933 250511 251540 255906)
NN210.29 - 0.0South Atlantic Globorotalia scitula (256084)
NN210.29 - 0.0Indian Ocean Globorotalia scitula (247931 247932 251539 255903 255904 255905 256855 256856 256857 259317 259318 259320 259321 259322 259324 259326 259327 259328 259330 259337 259338 259339 259642 259645 259646 259648)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Pacific Globorotalia scitula (249706)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Pacific Hirsutella scitula (268770 268773 268777 268778 268781 268782 268784 268785 268786)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117North Atlantic Globorotalia scitula (262183 267000 267002 267004 267015 267016 267017 267018 267019 267021 267950 267959 267961 267962) Hirsutella scitula (265931 265934)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indian Ocean Globorotalia scitula (252171 252173 252174 252176 252180 252181 253111 253112)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Pacific Globorotalia scitula (264828) Hirsutella scitula (243960 251904)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0North Atlantic Globorotalia scitula (265843)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0North Pacific Globorotalia scitula (263232 263233 263234 263642 263904)