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Uvigerinidae

Uvigerinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Uvigerinidae Haeckel
1983Uvigerinidae Gibson p. 368
2003Uvigerinidae Kiessling
2012Uvigerinidae Margerel
2021Uvigerinidae Al Menoufy and Shreif p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderRotaliinaDelage and Herouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyBuliminaceaJones 1875
familyUvigerinidaeHaeckel 1894
familyUvigerinidaeHaeckel 1894

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. †Uvigerinidae Haeckel 1894
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G. Hopkinsina Howe and Wallace 1932
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†Hopkinsina compressa Cushman 1925
G. Neouvigerina Hofker 1951
G. Siphouvigerina Parr 1950
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†Trifarina bradyi Cushman 1923
G. Uvigerina d'Orbigny 1826
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†Uvigerina angulosa Williamson 1848
†Uvigerina atwilli Cushman and Simonson 1944
Uvigerina auberiana d'Orbigny 1839
†Uvigerina gallowayi Cushman 1929
†Uvigerina garzaensis Cushman and Siegfus 1939
†Uvigerina havanensis Cushman and Bermudez 1937
†Uvigerina jacksonensis Cushman 1925
†Uvigerina multiseriata Hantken 1871
†Uvigerina nuttalli Cushman and Edwards 1938
Invalid names: Noviuva Vella 1963 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubo
Environment: outer shelf, marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoref
Created: 2009-05-20 03:27:58
Modified: 2009-05-20 05:27:58
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (2092 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenozoic66.0 - 0.0Indian Ocean Trifarina bradyi (257291) Uvigerina sp. 1, Uvigerina sp. 2 (257290)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Belgium (Vlaanderen) Uvigerina batjesi (94039)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07South Pacific Trifarina spp. (253404)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07North Atlantic Uvigerina elongata (263540)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03South Pacific Trifarina bradyi (253391 253393 253396) Trifarina spp., Uvigerina rippensis (253386) Uvigerina rippensis (253385 253387)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03North Atlantic Uvigerina elongata (263531)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71Trinidad and Tobago Uvigerina subperegrina, Uvigerina auberiana (140160)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9South Pacific Trifarina spp. (255015)
Eocene - Oligocene56.0 - 23.04South Pacific Trifarina spp. (255011 255014)
Eocene - Oligocene56.0 - 23.04Indian Ocean Uvigerina sp. 2 (248960)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03South Pacific Uvigerina spp. (253384)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Nigeria Uvigerina canariensis, Uvigerina pygmaea (60711) Uvigerina sp. (77257)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71South Pacific Uvigerina spp. (253383)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71North Atlantic Uvigerina rippensis, Uvigerina spinicostara (141893)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9Iran Uvigerina spinicostata (205345)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (California) Uvigerina garzaensis (185234)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Egypt Uvigerina havanensis, Uvigerina jacksonensis, Uvigerina multiseriata (239107 239109)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain (Navarre) Uvigerina sp. (80238)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71South Pacific Trifarina bradyi (253377) Trifarina spp. (254262)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71North Atlantic Uvigerina elongata (264508) Uvigerina sp., Uvigerina elongata (262503)