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Elphidiellidae

Elphidiellidae

Taxonomy
Elphidiellidae was named by Holzmann and Pawlowski (2017). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Holzmann and Pawlowski (2017).

It was assigned to Rotalioidea by Holzmann and Pawlowski (2017).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Elphidiellidae Holzmann and Pawlowski p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyRotalioideaEhrenberg 1839
familyElphidiellidae
familyElphidiellidae

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.

Fm. Elphidiellidae Holzmann and Pawlowski 2017
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G. Elphidiella Cushman 1936
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Libya Elphidiella africana (77235)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Austria Elphidiella cryptostoma, Elphidiella dollfusi, Elphidiella heteropora, Elphidiella minuta, Elphidiella roemeri, Elphidiella subcarinata, Elphidiella subnodosa (99160)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India Elphidiella dollfusi, Elphidiella heteropora, Elphidiella minuta, Elphidiella subnodosa (77654)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333North Pacific Elphidiella sp. (262652 262653)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58North Atlantic Elphidiella spp. (266370 266372 266373)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Atlantic Elphidiella spp. (262892 266218 266343 268513)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0North Pacific Elphidiella sp. (263017 263491 263495 263496 263498 263505 263506 263516 265050 265057 265059 265061 265062 265066 265068)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Alaska) Elphidiella arctica (52243)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland Elphidiella arctica (63977)