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Siphogenerinoides eleganta

Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Siphogenerinoididae

Taxonomy
Siphogenerina eleganta was named by Plummer (1926).

It was recombined as Bifarina eleganta by Sullivan (1962); it was recombined as Siphogenerinoides eleganta by Bertels (1964); it was misspelled as Siphogeneroides eleganta by Bazeen et al. (2024).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Siphogenerina eleganta Plummer
1962Bifarina eleganta Sullivan p. 276 figs. Pl 15, figs 11a,b
1964Siphogenerinoides eleganta Bertels fig. 6
2024Siphogeneroides eleganta Bazeen et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classGlobothalamea
RankNameAuthor
orderRotaliidaDelage and Herouard 1896
familySiphogenerinoididaeSaidova 1981
genusSiphogenerinoides
specieseleganta(Plummer 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.

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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 Danian to the top of the Bartonian or 66.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Argentina (Rio Negro) Siphogenerinoides eleganta (236479 236482)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Neuquen) Siphogenerinoides eleganta (236374)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Egypt Siphogeneroides eleganta (240627 240628 240629)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Spain Siphogenerinoides eleganta (154104)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (California) Bifarina eleganta (185234)