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Orbitestellidae
Taxonomy
Orbitestellidae was named by Iredale (1917) [m. kosnik taxon no: 7684]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Trochacea by Knight et al. (1960); and to Valvatoidea by Ponder and Warén (1988), Beesley (1998).
It was assigned to Trochacea by Knight et al. (1960); and to Valvatoidea by Ponder and Warén (1988), Beesley (1998).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1917 | Orbitestellidae Iredale |
| 1960 | Orbitestellidae Knight et al. p. 274 |
| 1988 | Orbitestellidae Ponder and Warén p. 308 |
| 1998 | Orbitestellidae Beesley p. 856 |
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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. Orbitestellidae Iredale 1917
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G. Microdiscula Thiele 1912
G. Orbitestella Iredale 1906
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†Orbitestella bastowi Gatliff 1906
†Orbitestella dioi Hybertsen and Kiel 2018
†Orbitestella granulata Lozouet 1998
†Orbitestella palaiopacifica Squires and Goedert 1996
Orbitestella patagonica Simone and Zelaya 2004
G. †Praeorbitestella Gründel 1998
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Callovian to the top of the Holocene or 165.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 161.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 161.5 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Callovian | Germany | Praeorbitestella keuppi (58395) | |
| Danian | Denmark | Orbitestella sp. (176994) | |
| Ypresian | USA (Washington) | Orbitestella palaiopacifica (176361) | |
| Lutetian | USA (Washington) | Orbitestella dioi (198636) | |
| Rupelian | France | Orbitestella granulata (74855) | |
| Chattian | France | Orbitestella granulata (74857 74860) | |
| Aquitanian | France | Orbitestella plicatella (74861) | |
| Otaian | New Zealand (Auckland) | Orbitestella praehinemoa, Orbitestella praetoreuma (84915) | |
| Middle Miocene | Indonesia | Orbitestella sp. (70173 70182 70184) | |
| Holocene | Argentina | Microdiscula sp. (71603) |