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Guembelina excolata

Heterohelicidae

Taxonomy
Guembelina excolata was named by Cushman (1926).

It was recombined as Pseudoguembelina excolata by Pessagno (1967).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. globulosa, G. paucistriata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Guembelina excolata Cushman
1967Pseudoguembelina excolata Pessagno p. 266

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
superfamilyGlobigerinaceae(Carpenter et al. 1862)
RankNameAuthor
familyHeterohelicidaeCushman 1927
subfamilyHeterohelicinaeCushman 1927
genusGuembelinaEgger 1900
speciesexcolataCushman 1926

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.

†Guembelina excolata Cushman 1926
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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 Early/Lower Maastrichtian to the top of the Paleocene or 72.20000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Texas) Pseudoguembelina excolata (211344)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico (Chiapas) Pseudoguembelina excolata (64439)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Egypt (Nile Valley) Pseudoguembelina excolata (3591 3593)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Texas) Pseudoguembelina excolata (211349 211502)