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Cassidulinacea

Taxonomy
Cassidulinacea was named by d'Orbigny (1839). It is extant.

It was assigned to Rotaliina by Loeblich and Tappan (1961); and to Foraminiferida by Gibson (1983).

Subtaxa
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2006-07-07; modified by B. Allen on 2024-02-29

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Cassidulinacea d'Orbigny
1961Cassidulinacea Loeblich and Tappan
1983Cassidulinacea Gibson p. 368

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
RankNameAuthor
suborderRotaliinaDelage and Herouard 1896
superfamilyCassidulinacead'Orbigny 1839
superfamilyCassidulinacead'Orbigny 1839

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.

Superfm. Cassidulinacea d'Orbigny 1839
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Fm. †Caucasinidae Bykova 1959
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G. Virgulinella Cushman 1932
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: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-09-19 08:26:03
Modified: 2007-09-19 10:26:03
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 15.98000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.63 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Chile (Coquimbo) Virgulinella pertusa (222362)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Atlantic Virgulinella spp. (264480 264482 264483 264489 264919 264920 264924 264927 264928 264929 264930 264931 264935 264936 264940 264942)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0North Atlantic Virgulinella spp. (264917)