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Spiroplectammina laevis

Spiroplectamminidae

Taxonomy
Textularia laevis was named by Roemer (1841). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Spiroplectammina laevis by Bertels (1964).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Textularia laevis Roemer p. 9
1964Spiroplectammina laevis Bertels

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
superfamilySpiroplectamminaceaCushman 1927
RankNameAuthor
familySpiroplectamminidaeCushman 1927
genusSpiroplectammina
specieslaevis(Roemer 1841)

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.

Spiroplectammina laevis Roemer 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedg
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-25 06:31:41
Modified: 2007-11-25 08:31:41
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 100.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Spiroplectammina laevis (141572 141573)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0South Africa Spiroplectammina laevis (38815)
Santonian - Campanian85.7 - 72.2Chile Spiroplectammina laevis (231973)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquen) Spiroplectammina laevis (236318)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (British Columbia) Spiroplectammina laevis (91081)
Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Argentina (Rio Negro) Spiroplectammina laevis (236479 236482)