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Amphisorus

Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Soritidae

Taxonomy
Amphisorus was named by Ehrenberg (1839) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Soritinae by Loeblich and Tappan (1988); to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Archaisinae by Margerel (2012).

Species
A. hemprichii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Amphisorus Ehrenberg
1988Amphisorus Loeblich and Tappan
2002Amphisorus Sepkoski
2012Amphisorus Margerel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classTubothalamea
orderMiliolidaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
suborderMiliolinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
superfamilySoritaceaEhrenberg 1839
familySoritidaeEhrenberg 1839
subfamilyArchaisinae
genusAmphisorusEhrenberg 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.

G. Amphisorus Ehrenberg 1839
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Amphisorus hemprichii Ehrenberg 1839
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitesubo
Environment: hypersaline, marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Life habit: epifaunalsubo
Diet: deposit feedersubo
Created: 2007-09-19 08:15:21
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:26:11
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Beavington-Penney and Racey 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.04000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (Florida) A. sp. (79775)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Indonesia A. sp. (164753)
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Jamaica A. sp. (146171)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Indonesia A. sp. (168782)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8India (Andaman Islands) A. sp. (222378)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Hawaii) A. sp. (105531)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Hawaii) A. sp. (105528)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Jordan A. sp. (82751 82754)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) A. sp. (105526)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mayotte A. sp. (209863)