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Sphaerogypsina globulus

Globothalamea - Loftusiida - Acervulinidae

Taxonomy
Sphaerogypsina globulus was named by Reuss (1848). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Sphaerogypsina globulus Reuss

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classGlobothalamea
orderLoftusiidaKaminski and Mikhalevich 2000
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyLoftusoideaBrady 1884
familyAcervulinidaeSchultze 1854
genusSphaerogypsinaGalloway 1933
speciesglobulusReuss 1848

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
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2012-10-30 00:15:50
Modified: 2012-10-29 08:16:32
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Iraq (Kurdistan) Sphaerogypsina globulus (215076 215077 215078 215110 215112)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Iraq (Sulaymaniyah) Sphaerogypsina globulus (215164)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03Austria (Carinthia) Sphaerogypsina globulus (277049 277050 277051 277052 277053 277054 277055 277056)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India Sphaerogypsina globulus (77654)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Indian Ocean Sphaerogypsina globulus (246878 246879 246890 246891 246894)
NN118.25 - 5.6Indian Ocean Sphaerogypsina globulus (254666)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indian Ocean Sphaerogypsina globulus (251305 252654)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Indian Ocean Sphaerogypsina globulus (251537)
G. tosaensis HOSZ1.88 - 0.61Indian Ocean Sphaerogypsina globulus (251299)
G. truncatulinoides PRSZ0.61 - 0.0North Atlantic Sphaerogypsina globulus (263841)