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Ammodiscoides

Ammodiscidae

Taxonomy
Ammodiscoides is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Ammodiscidae by Cushman (1927); to Ammodiscinae by Loeblich and Tappan (1988); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Ammodiscoides Cushman p. 18
1988Ammodiscoides Loeblich and Tappan
2002Ammodiscoides Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAmmodiscoidea(Reuss 1862)
familyAmmodiscidaeReuss 1862
subfamilyAmmodiscinaeReuss 1862
genusAmmodiscoides

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: agglutinatedg
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: herbivoref
Created: 2007-11-25 06:01:05
Modified: 2007-11-25 08:01:05
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1988, Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Virgilian to the top of the Callovian or 303.70000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) A. conica (217237)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Egypt A. magharaensis (99486)