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Alveolinidae

Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Alveolinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Alveolinidae Ehrenberg
1988Alveolinidae Loeblich and Tappan
2000Alveolinidae Ferrusquía-Villafranca and et al.
2004Alveolinidae Beavington-Penney and Racey
2012Alveolinidae Margerel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classTubothalamea
orderMiliolidaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
suborderMiliolinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
superfamilyAlveolinaceaEhrenberg 1839
familyAlveolinidaeEhrenberg 1839
familyAlveolinidaeEhrenberg 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.

Fm. Alveolinidae Ehrenberg 1839
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G. †Alveolina
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Alveolina aramaea Hottinger 1960
Alveolina avellana Hottinger 1960
Alveolina dolioliformis Schwager 1883
Alveolina ellipsoidalis Schwager 1883
Alveolina elliptica Sowerby 1840
Alveolina pasticillata Schwager 1883
Alveolina trempina Hottinger 1960
G. Borelis Montfort 1808
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Borelis pulchra d'Orbigny 1839
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Cisalveolina fraasi Gümbel 1872
G. †Fasciolites Parkinson 1811
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Glomalveolina lepidula Hottinger 1960
Glomalveolina primaeva Reichel 1936
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 Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 121.40000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 119.57 Ma

Collections (271 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Croatia Archaealveolina sp. (63999)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Portugal Ovalveolina crassa, Ovalveolina maccagnoi (67543)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Portugal Ovalveolina crassa, Ovalveolina maccagnoi, Simplalveolina simplex (145896)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Cisalveolina fraasi (148299)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy Cisalveolina fallax, Praealveolina sp., Cisalveolina fraasi (67095)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy (Sicily) Alveolinidae indet. (162537 163082 163084 163161)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy (Campania) Ovalveolina crassa (84801)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Jordan Praealveolina cretacea (148300)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy Cisalveolina fraasi (138368)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Lebanon (Kesrouâne) Ovalveolina ovum (86183)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Morocco Cisalveolina fraasi (67619)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Oman Praealveolina tenuis (82359)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Praealveolina cretacea, Praealveolina tenuis (151605)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Türkiye (Antalya) Cisalveolina fraasi (161546)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Türkiye (Antalya) Cisalveolina lehneri (161429 161430 161431 161540)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Türkiye (Antalya) Cisalveolina lehneri (161541)
Middle Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8Italy Cisalveolina fraasi (161166)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Italy Cisalveolina fraasi (214895)
Santonian - Late/Upper Campanian85.7 - 72.2Tanzania (Lindi) Glomalveolina spp. (179311)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Italy (Salemo) Raadshovenia salentina (162622)