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Bisphaera

Fusulinata - Parathuramminida - Bisphaeridae

Taxonomy
Bisphaera is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Bisphaeridae by Kiessling (2003).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Bisphaera Sepkoski
2003Bisphaera Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classFusulinataFursenko 1958
subclassAfusulinana
RankNameAuthor
orderParathuramminidaMikhalevich 1980
superfamilyParathuramminoidea(Bykova 1955)
familyBisphaeridaeSabirov 1987
genusBisphaera

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. †Bisphaera
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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: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Serpukhovian or 399.50000 to 323.40000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Uzbekistan B. sp. (169214)
Emsian - Frasnian410.62 - 372.15Uzbekistan B. sp. (169226)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Tajikistan B. malevkensis (45842)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Vietnam B. sp. (83258)
Eifelian - Givetian393.47 - 382.31Belgium B. sp. (84298)
Early/Lower Givetian - Middle Givetian387.95 - 383.4Morocco B. sp. (176103)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany B. sp. (143798)
Late/Upper Givetian383.4 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) B. sp. (82485 82486 82561 82562 82563 82564)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Türkiye B. elegans (200387)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Poland B. sp. (82988)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Czechia (Moravia) B. sp. (3753 3754 3759 3766)
Late/Upper Devonian - Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Uzbekistan B. sp., B. malevkensis (169227)
Frasnian - Famennian382.31 - 358.86Vietnam B. sp. (83255)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Czechia (Moravia) B. sp. (3385 3386 3389)
Middle Famennian368.5 - 365.2Czechia (Moravia) B. sp. (3394)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Belgium (Liege) B. sp. (75672)
Tournaisian - Frasnian358.86 - 372.15Uzbekistan B. malevkensis, B. sp., B. elongata, B. minima, B. elegans (169228)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (California) B. sp. (225986)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Russian Federation (Komi) B. malevkensis (46529 46574)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4Morocco B. sp. (76727)