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Elphidium aculeatum

Elphidiidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
E. advenum, E. asagaiense, E. californicum, E. discoidale, E. ingressans, E. lanieri, E. latispatium, E. margaritaceum, E. neocrespinae, E. nitidium, E. oceanicum, E. omotoensis, E. sagrum, E. simplex, E. yumotoense
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. articulatum, E. australis, E. crispum, E. fichtelianum, E. hughesi, E. ludbrookae, E. matzenense, E. ortenburgense, E. subincertum

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
superfamilyRotalioideaEhrenberg 1839
RankNameAuthor
familyElphidiidaeGalloway 1933
subfamilyElphidiinaeGalloway 1933
genusElphidiumMonfort 1808
speciesaculeatum

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Badenian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 13.65000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia Elphidium aculeatum (145917 145936)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Austria Elphidium aculeatum (73299)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Elphidium aculeatum (70879)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Romania Elphidium aculeatum (38594)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Alpes Maritimes) Elphidium aculeatum (50523)