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Ozawainellidae

Ozawainellidae

Taxonomy
Ozawainellidae was named by Thompson and Foster (1937).

It was assigned to Fusilinida by Rozovskaya (1961); to Fusulinacea by Loeblich and Tappan (1988), Davydov (1996); to Fusulinida by Davydov and Krainer (1999); and to Fusulinoidea by Zhang (1982), Kobayashi (2006), Kobayashi (2011).

Subtaxa
Eoparastaffella, Ozawainellinae, Parareichelina, Rauserella, Reichelina, Sichotenella (syn. Primoriina)
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2006-03-10; modified by M. Clapham on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Ozawainellidae Thompson and Foster
1961Ozawainellidae Rozovskaya p. 20
1982Ozawainellidae Zhang p. 133
1988Ozawainellidae Loeblich and Tappan
1996Ozawainellidae Davydov p. 223
1999Ozawainellidae Davydov and Krainer p. 166
2006Ozawainellidae Kobayashi p. 67
2011Ozawainellidae Kobayashi p. 457

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderFusulinina(Wedekind 1937)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFusulinoidea(Möller 1878)
familyOzawainellidaeThompson and Foster 1937
familyOzawainellidaeThompson and Foster 1937

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. †Ozawainellidae Thompson and Foster 1937
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G. †Eoparastaffella Vdovenko 1954
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†Eoparastaffella simplex Vdovenko 1954
Subfm. †Ozawainellinae Thompson and Foster 1937
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G. †Ozawainella Thompson 1935
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†Ozawainella almasniensis Manukalova-Grebenyuk 1965
†Ozawainella angulata Colani 1924
†Ozawainella delawarensis Dunbar and Skinner 1937
†Ozawainella digitalis Manukalova 1950
†Ozawainella huecoensis Dunbar and Skinner 1937
†Ozawainella inflata Thompson 1954
†Ozawainella mosquensis Rauser-Chernousova 1951
†Ozawainella ovata Ivanova 2000
†Ozawainella rhomboidalis Putrya 1940
†Ozawainella tingi Lee 1937
†Ozawainella vozhgalica Safonova 1951
G. †Parareichelina Miklukho-Maclay 1959
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†Parareichelina mira Sosnina 1968
†Parareichelina rhomboidea Sosnina 1968
†Parareichelina subangusta Sosnina 1968
G. †Rauserella Dunbar 1944
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†Rauserella breviscula Sosnina 1968
†Rauserella ellipsoidalis Sosnina 1968
†Rauserella erratica Dunbar 1944
†Rauserella rusakovi Davydov 1996
†Rauserella sphaeroidea Sosnina 1968
G. †Reichelina Erk 1941
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†Reichelina changhsingensis Sheng and Chang 1958
†Reichelina chichibuensis Morikawa 1956
†Reichelina leveni Orlov-Labkovsky 2004
†Reichelina media Miklukho-Maclay 1954
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†Sichotenella discoidea Sosnina 1968
†Sichotenella infirma Sosnina 1968
†Sichotenella ovoidea Sosnina 1981
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Invalid names: Primoriina rotunda Sosnina 1981 [synonym], Sichotenella ventricosa Sosnina 1981 [synonym]
†Sichotenella sutschanica Toumanskaya 1953
†Sichotenella ussurica Sosnina 1968
Invalid names: Primoriina [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubo
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2026-03-24 16:11:43
Modified: 2026-03-24 16:11:43
Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Ueno 2022, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Arundian to the top of the Changhsingian or 346.70000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (342 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Ozawainella indet. (9955)
Arundian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (Wales) Eoparastaffella simplex (6009)
Arundian346.7 - 339.9Ireland Eoparastaffella simplex (78293 78339) Eoparastaffella sp. (78340)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 339.9Ireland Eoparastaffella simplex (78341)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9Ireland Eoparastaffella simplex (76876 76877 76878 76879 78355)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9Ireland Eoparastaffella simplex (78356)
Holkerian346.7 - 339.9Ireland Eoparastaffella simplex (78344)
Holkerian346.7 - 339.9United Kingdom (Wales) Eoparastaffella simplex (6016)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2Russian Federation (Sverdlovsk) Ozawainella ovata (128224)
Bashkirian - Moscovian323.4 - 307.0Thailand Ozawainella sp. (234598)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Xizang) Reichelina pulchra, Reichelina changhsingensis (187539) Reichelina sp., Reichelina pulchra (187500 187535) Reichelina sp., Reichelina pulchra, Reichelina changhsingensis (187558)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Israel Reichelina sp., Sichotenella maichensis (131695)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) Parareichelina sp. (217384) Parareichelina sp., Reichelina spp., Reichelina cribroseptata (217390) Reichelina cribroseptata (217356 217360 217362 217396 217398 217403) Reichelina magna (112084) Reichelina media (111989) Reichelina pulchra (112016 217410) Reichelina pulchra, Reichelina cribroseptata (217389 217391 217392 217409) Reichelina pulchra, Reichelina spp., Reichelina cribroseptata (217394 217395) Reichelina sp. (51424 197489) Reichelina spp. (217353 217400 217414) Reichelina spp., Reichelina cribroseptata (217399 217415) Reichelina spp., Reichelina pulchra (217408) Reichelina spp., Reichelina pulchra, Reichelina cribroseptata (217402)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Shaanxi) Reichelina changhsingensis, Reichelina media (218105)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Sichuan) Parareichelina mia, Parareichelina sp., Reichelina sp., Reichelina changhsingensis (36221) Reichelina pulchra, Reichelina changhsingensis, Reichelina media (149122) Reichelina sp., Reichelina changhsingensis (149124) Reichelina sp., Reichelina cribroseptata, Reichelina media (149123)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Thailand Primoriina sp., Reichelina changhsingensis (128236) Reichelina changhsingensis (128235 128471 128473 128474) Reichelina sp., Reichelina changhsingensis (128472)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Italy (South Tyrol) Reichelina sp. (218729 218730)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Italy Reichelina sp., Sichotenella sp. (74937)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Iran (Fars) Reichelina changhsingensis (218333) Reichelina simplex (218324 218326 218383)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Zhejiang) Reichelina sp. (105210 217332) Reichilina media, Reichilina changhsingensis, Reichilina pulchra, Reichilina sp. (61868) Reichilina sp. (61869)