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Discocyclina dispansa

Discocyclinidae

Taxonomy
Lycophris dispansus was named by Sowerby (1840).

It was recombined as Discocyclina dispansa by Babazadeh and Alavi (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Lycophris dispansus Sowerby
2013Discocyclina dispansa Babazadeh and Alavi

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderRotaliinaDelage and Herouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyNummulitaceaBlainville 1827
familyDiscocyclinidaeGalloway 1928
genusDiscocyclina
speciesdispansa(Sowerby 1840)

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.

Discocyclina dispansa Sowerby 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubo
Environment: outer shelf, marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-09-19 08:26:03
Modified: 2007-09-19 10:26:03
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Iran Discocyclina dispansa (226724 226728 226731)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Pakistan Discocyclina dispansa (79074)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71Taiwan (N/A) Discocyclina dispansa (208200 208352 208353)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03India (Gujarat) Discocyclina dispansa (46298)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Taiwan (N/A) Discocyclina dispansa (208821)