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Polymorphina frondea

Nodosariata - Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae

Taxonomy
Bolivina frondea was named by Cushman (1922). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Lankesterina.

It was recombined as Lankesterina frondea by Loeblich and Tappan (1961); it was recombined as Polymorphina frondea by Cushman and Ozawa (1930), Bertels (1964).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Bolivina frondea Cushman p. 126 fig. 3
1930Polymorphina frondea Cushman and Ozawa
1961Lankesterina frondea Loeblich and Tappan
1964Polymorphina frondea Bertels p. 152

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classNodosariata
RankNameAuthor
orderPolymorphinida
familyPolymorphinidaed'Orbigny 1839
genusPolymorphinad'Orbigny 1826
speciesfrondea(Cushman 1922)

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.

Polymorphina frondea Cushman 1922
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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 Maastrichtian to the top of the Danian or 72.20000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Argentina (Rio Negro) Polymorphina frondea (236485 236486 236487 236488)