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Allomorphina

Chilostomellidae

Taxonomy
Allomorphina was named by Cžjžek (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp R]. It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Cžjžek (1849).

It was assigned to Chilostomellidae by Cžjžek (1849); to Allomorphininae by Cushman (1927); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by K. Jamson on 2020-11-12

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Allomorphina Cžjžek
1927Allomorphina Cushman p. 85
2002Allomorphina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
RankNameAuthor
familyChilostomellidae
genusAllomorphina

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.

G. Allomorphina Cžjžek 1849
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Allomorphina conica Cushman and Todd 1949
Allomorphina contraria Reuss 1851
Allomorphina pacifica Cushman and Todd 1949
Allomorphina polonica Gawor-Biedowa 1992
Allomorphina whangaia Finlay 1940
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Cžjžek 1849Test ovoid, circular in section, trochospiral and involute, only the final whorl of three strongly enveloping chambers visible from the exterior, sutures gently curved, slightly depressed; wall calcareous, optically granular, finely perforate, surface smooth; aperture an elongate slit, with a projecting bordering rim. U. Cretaceous (Campanian) to Holocene; cosmopolitan.
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

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Turonian to the top of the NN19 or 93.90000 to 0.42000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 89.8 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Tanzania (Lindi) A. sp. (179314)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Tunisia A. cretacea (57346 57352 57356 57368) A. cretacea, A. halli (57349 57351 57360) A. halli (57353 57358 57362)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Puerto Rico A. conica (87547)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24South Pacific A. whangaia, A. conica (255044)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Spain A. trochoides (154089)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Spain A. trochoides (154090)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03South Pacific A. polonica (253399)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04South Pacific A. velascoensis (254245)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63North Pacific A. pacifica (261035 261056)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333North Pacific A. pacifica (261011 267829)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Pacific A. velascoensis (256743 256744)
NN191.9 - 0.42South Pacific A. pacifica (257227)