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Awhea

Nodosariata - Nodosariida - Nodosariidae

Taxonomy
Awhea is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Nodosariidae by Loeblich and Tappan (1988); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Awhea Loeblich and Tappan
2002Awhea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classNodosariata
RankNameAuthor
orderNodosariida
superfamilyNodosarioideaEhrenberg 1838
familyNodosariidaeEhrenberg 1838
genusAwhea

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. †Awhea
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-05-20 05:37:00
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:37:00
Source: f = family, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Miocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333South Pacific A. tosta (269785 269800 269801 269806 269807 269809 269810)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58South Pacific A. tosta (269762 269765)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Atlantic A. spp. (265244)