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Carterina

Trochamminidae

Taxonomy
Carterina is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Trochammininae by Cushman (1927); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. burgioi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Carterina Cushman p. 40
2002Carterina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyTrochamminaceaSchwager 1877
familyTrochamminidaeSchwager 1877
subfamilyTrochammininaeSchwager 1877
genusCarterina

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.

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†Carterina burgioi Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2015
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedsuperf
Locomotion: stationarysuperf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Created: 2009-05-20 05:20:21
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:20:21
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily
References: Gradstein and Kaminski 1997, Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1984

Age range: base of the Zahorany to the top of the Lacian or 457.50000 to 215.56000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zahorany - Late/Upper Ordovician457.5 - 443.8Czech Republic C. sp. (3865)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Italy C. burgioi (170144)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Turkey C. burgioi (73860)