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Ammobaculites wallalensis

Lituolida - Lituolidae

Taxonomy

Ammobaculites wallalensis was named by Crespin (1963). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. aequale, A. aequalis, A. agglutinans, A. agrestis, A. alaskensis, A. albertensis, A. alexanderi, A. artutus, A. barrowensis, A. braunsteini, A. cobbani, A. coprolithiformis, A. coprolithiformis, A. duncani, A. eiseli, A. elongatus, A. erectus, A. expansus, A. foliacea, A. fontenensis, A. fontinensis, A. fragmentarius, A. gerkei, A. glaessneri, A. goodlandensis, A. gravenori, A. helvetojurassicus, A. hiberensis, A. horridus, A. inconstans, A. infrajurensis, A. irregulariformis, A. irregularis, A. irreguliformis, A. jarvisi, A. keyniensis, A. khagaensis, A. lacertae, A. leptos, A. lunaris, A. midwayensis, A. multiformis, A. parvispira, A. plummerae, A. powersi, A. praegoodlandensis, A. pyrenaicus, A. pyriformis, A. radstadtensis, A. recta, A. rectus, A. reophaciformis, A. rhaeticus, A. sarbaicus, A. spirans, A. spiritensis, A. stenomeca, A. stenomecus, A. stephensoni, A. strathearnensis, A. subaequalis, A. subcostosum, A. subcretacea, A. subcretaceous, A. subgoodlandensis, A. subplanatus, A. suprajurassicus, A. turonicus, A. tzankovi, A. vetusta, A. wazaczi, A. wenonahae, A. wirtzi, A. wirzi, A. zlambachensis, A. agglutinans

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1963	Ammobaculites wallalensis Crespin p. 45 figs. 1-5

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Chromista	Cavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdom	Rhizaria	()
phylum	Foraminifera	(Eichwald 1830)
order	Lituolida
superfamily	Lituoloidea

Rank	Name	Author
family	Lituolidae	de Blainville 1825
subfamily	Ammomarginulininae	Podobina 1978
genus	Ammobaculites	Cushman 1910
species	wallalensis

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.

†Ammobaculites wallalensis Crespin 1963

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Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
I. Crespin 1963	This elongate, gently curved to straight, tapering species has a rounded test, with a few inflated chambers in the coiled portion and seven to ten in the uniserial portion. The surface is smooth, with an occasional large quartz grain in the more finely arenaceous wall.

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

agglutinatedg

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Life habit:

semi-infaunalo

Diet:

omnivoreo

Created:

2007-11-25 06:00:50

Modified:

2007-11-25 08:00:50

Source: g = genus, o = order

References: Loeblich and Tappan 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the Campanian or 93.90000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Indian Ocean	Ammobaculites wallalensis (257969 257973 257974)
Turonian - Coniacian	93.9 - 85.7	Indian Ocean	Ammobaculites wallalensis (257953)
Santonian - Campanian	85.7 - 72.2	Indian Ocean	Ammobaculites wallalensis (257944)