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Reophacidae

Nodosariata - Reophacidae

Taxonomy
Reophacidae was named by Cushman.

It was assigned to Foraminifera by Cushman (1927); and to Hormosinoidea by Hayward et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Reophacidae Cushman p. 15
2022Reophacidae Hayward et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classNodosariata
subclassHormosinanaHaeckel 1894
RankNameAuthor
suborderHormosinina
superfamilyHormosinoidea(Haeckel 1894)
familyReophacidaeCushman
familyReophacidaeCushman

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. †Reophacidae Cushman
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Subfm. †Aschemonellinae
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G. Reophax de Montfort 1808
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†Reophax difflugiformis Brady 1870
Reophax nodulosus Brady 1879
†Reophax ouchitensis Harlton 1933
Reophax pilulifer Brady 1884
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 Chadian to the top of the Holocene or 346.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 339.9 Ma

Collections (284 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) Reophax sp. (557) Rheophax lachrymosa (8072 8073)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) Reophax oacuhitensis (132869)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Texas) Reophax spp. (217080)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) Reophax lachrymosa (49835 49836)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Egypt (Janub Sina) Reophax sp. (46635)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) Reophax sp. (8632 8633 8634 8635 8636 8637 8638 8639 8640 8641 8642 8644 8645 8646 8647 8648 8649 8650 8651)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Reophax sp. (49709)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Iowa) Reophax sp. (217128)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Reophax sp. (217116)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Reophax asper (217237) Reophax sp. (217089 217090)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Reophax sp. (95197)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Australia (Queensland) Reophax minutissimus (214547 214549 214565) Reophax minutissimus, Reophax subasper (214546)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Slovenia Reophax sp. (36241)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Reophax sp. (75474)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Lithuania Reophax aculeatus (46159)
Aegean - Bithynian246.7 - 244.24China (Guizhou) Reophax sp. (116947 116953 116955 116956 116962 117026)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Austria Reophax sp. (67646)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Italy Reophax sp. (49915)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33China (Guizhou) Reophax sp. (117035) Reophax sp. 1, Reophax sp. 5 (117053) Reophax sp. 3 (117049) Reophax sp. 4 (117042 117043) Reophax sp. 4, Reophax sp. 7 (117046) Reophax sp. 6 (117050) Reophax sp.5 (117038)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464China (Guizhou) Reophax sp. 3 (117057 117062) Reophax sp. 4 (117070) Reophax sp. 5 (117071) Reophax sp., Reophax sp. 2, Reophax sp. 6 (117064)