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Ammarchaediscidae (disused)

Fusulinata - Archaediscida - Ammarchaediscidae

Taxonomy
Ammarchaediscidae was named by Conil and Pirlet (1974) [Conil & Pirlet in Pirlet & Conil, 1974].

It was assigned to Archaediscoidea by Hayward et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Ammarchaediscidae Conil and Pirlet
2025Ammarchaediscidae Hayward et al. p. 1054249

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classFusulinataFursenko 1958
subclassAfusulinana
RankNameAuthor
orderArchaediscidaPoyarkov and Skvortsov 1979
superfamilyArchaediscoidea(Cushman 1928)
familyAmmarchaediscidaeConil and Pirlet 1974
familyAmmarchaediscidaeConil and Pirlet 1974

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. †Ammarchaediscidae Conil and Pirlet 1974
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Invalid names: Ammarchaediscinae Conil and Pirlet 1974 [empty], Uralodiscinae Grozdilova 1993 [empty]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. Hayward et al. 2025rchaediscoidea with a microgranular black wall dominant, and a subordinate inner hyaline pseudofibrous and yellow outer layer (Ammarchaediscinae = Planoarchaediscinae), or remaining important (Uralodiscinae). Test entirely involute, oscillant, sygmoidal to planispiral. Aperture terminal simple.
Occurrence. Visean (MFZ10)–Serpukhovian, probably cosmopolitan. Vachard and Le Coze (2022)
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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available