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Serpulopsis insita

Ammodiscidae

Taxonomy
Serpula insita was named by White (1878). It is the type species of Serpulopsis, Serpulopsis.

It was recombined as Serpulopsis insita by Girty (1912), Petzold et al. (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Serpula insita White p. 37
1912Serpulopsis insita Girty p. 124
1987Serpulopsis insita Petzold et al. p. 366

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAmmodiscoidea(Reuss 1862)
familyAmmodiscidaeReuss 1862
genusSerpulopsis
speciesinsita(White 1878)

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.

Serpulopsis insita White 1878
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedsubo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: herbivoref
Created: 2009-05-20 05:21:59
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:21:59
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Missourian to the top of the Virgilian or 306.00000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Maryland) Serpulopsis insita (118828)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Serpula insita (237800)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Maryland) Serpulopsis insita (118827)