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Beella

Globigerinidae

Taxonomy
Beella was named by Banner and Blow (1960) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u-l R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Globigerinidae by Lam and Leckie (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Beella Banner and Blow
2002Beella Sepkoski
2020Beella Lam and Leckie

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyGlobigerinoidea
familyGlobigerinidaeCarpenter et al. 1862
genusBeella

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. Beella Banner and Blow 1960
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Beella digitata Brady 1879
Beella praedigitata Parker 1967
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-28 00:47:02
Modified: 2009-05-20 05:31:44
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the NN12 to the top of the Holocene or 5.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (66 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenozoic66.0 - 0.0Indian Ocean B. digitata (249004)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Indian Ocean B. sp. (219791)
NN12 - NN135.6 - 4.0Indian Ocean B. digitata (251600)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58North Atlantic B. digitata (260187)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Quaternary5.333 - 0.0South Pacific B. digitata (245246)
NN163.75 - 2.5Indian Ocean B. digitata (248004 248018 248020 248021 248022)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Atlantic B. digitata (260585 260589 260590 261217 261218 261454 261509 261511 265850 265861 266395 266397 266567 266791 267242)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Indian Ocean B. digitata (258640)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117North Pacific B. digitata (251903)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0South Pacific B. digitata (255755)
NN172.5 - 2.4Indian Ocean B. digitata (255954)
NN17 - NN182.5 - 1.9Indian Ocean B. digitata (255947)
NN182.4 - 1.9Indian Ocean B. digitata (255940 255942)
NN18 - NN192.4 - 0.42Indian Ocean B. digitata (251548)
NN18 - NN192.4 - 0.42South Atlantic B. digitata (256119)
NN191.9 - 0.42Indian Ocean B. digitata (244700 244701 247942 247945 247950 247958 247971 250518 250522 250523 255914)
NN19 - NN201.9 - 0.29South Atlantic B. digitata (256089)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774North Pacific B. spp. (270864)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129North Pacific B. digitata (248872)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Indian Ocean B. digitata (252191 255057 255058)
Brunhes0.773 - 0.0North Pacific B. digitata (250153 250154)
NN200.42 - 0.29Indian Ocean B. digitata (247936 247938 247939 247940)
NN20 - NN210.42 - 0.0Indian Ocean B. digitata (244685 244690 244691)
NN20 - NN210.42 - 0.0South Atlantic B. digitata (256085)
NN210.29 - 0.0Indian Ocean B. digitata (251539 254150)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Atlantic B. digitata (262059)
NN210.29 - 0.0North Pacific B. digitata (253085)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0North Atlantic B. digitata (261502)