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Orbitolinidae

Orbitolinidae

Taxonomy
Orbitolinidae was named by Martin (1890). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Foraminifera by Cushman (1927); and to Orbitolinacea by Loeblich and Tappan (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Orbitolinidae Martin
1927Orbitolinidae Cushman p. 42
1984Orbitolinidae Loeblich and Tappan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyOrbitolinaceaMartin 1890
familyOrbitolinidaeMartin 1890
familyOrbitolinidaeMartin 1890

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. †Orbitolinidae Martin 1890
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G. †Chapmania Prever and Silvestri 1905
Subfm. †Orbitolininae Martin 1890
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†Orbitolina concava Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Orbitolina conoidea Gras 1852 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dictyoconinae Schubert 1912 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedsubo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: infaunalsubo
Diet: detritivoresubo
Created: 2007-11-25 07:07:30
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:15:32
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Jurassic to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 161.50000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (216 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0Indonesia Orbitolina sp. (68202)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Portugal Orbitolinopsis flandrini (65750)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Drôme) Orbitolinopsis buccifer, Palorbitolina lenticularis (75576)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Egypt (Sinai) Palorbitolina lenticularis (193560)
Late/Upper Barremian - Aptian130.0 - 113.0Romania Mesorbitolina parva, Mesorbitolina texana, Palorbitolina lenticularis, Praeorbitolina cormyi (221641)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Portugal Orbitolina indet. (73521 73523) Orbitolinopsis flandrini (73165 73203 73354) Palorbitolina lenticularis (73518 73520 73522 73524)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Ukraine Dictyoconus pachymarginalis, Palorbitolina lenticularis, Orbitolina conoidea (67457)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Iran Orbitolinidae indet. (210071)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Austria Orbitolinidae indet. (74610)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Portugal Orbitolina indet. (73500) Orbitolinopsis kiliani, Palorbitolina lenticularis (73502) Palorbitolina lenticularis (73501)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Algeria Orbitolina sp. (40807)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Slovenia Orbitolinidae indet. (68728)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Albania Orbitolina sp. (67452)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0India (Jammu and Kashmir) Orbitolina discoidea (46157)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mexico (Sonora) Orbitolina texana (82202 82205 82207 82208 82209 82211)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Tunisia Orbitolina lenticularis, Orbitolina discoidea (87798)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Egypt Orbitolina discoideaconoidea (171407)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Portugal Mesorbitolina texana, Palorbitolina lenticularis (73571) Orbitolina indet. (73504 73505 73508 73510 73532 73534 73566 73572) Palorbitolina lenticularis (73506 73507 73509 73526 73527 73528 73530 73531 73533 73535 73543 73544 73546 73556 73558 73559 73560 73564 73565 73567)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Xizang) Orbitolina sp. (61413)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5China (Xizang) Orbitolina sp. (61396) Orbitolina sp., Praeorbitolina sp. (61404)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Mexico (Baja California) Orbitolina texana (1878)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Turkey Orbitolina texana (38882)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Venezuela Orbitolina concava (94208)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Egypt (Sinai) Orbitolina parva, Orbitolina texana (50265) Orbitolina parva, Orbitolina texana, Orbitolina subconcava (50270)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Algeria Orbitolina conoidea (40787 40789 40790) Orbitolina conoidea, Orbitolina discoidea (40788)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0China (Xizang) Orbitolina sp. (61405)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Serbia and Montenegro Palorbitolina lenticularis (67545 67546)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Oman Orbitolina texana (24025)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0USA (Arizona) Mesorbitolina sp. (208948) Mesorbitolina texana (208947)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Japan Orbitolina sp. (91254)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Spain (Castellon) Palorbitolina texana (3724)
Late/Upper Aptian - Albian122.46 - 100.5China (Xizang) Orbitolina sp. (61400)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Mexico Palorbitolina lenticularis (64366 64369)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Germany Dictyoconus sp., Orbitolinopsis sp., Palorbitolina lenticularis, Orbitolinidae indet. (50421) Palorbitolina lenticularis (50508)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Portugal Palorbitolina sp. (67544)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Spain Orbitolina parva, Orbitolinopsis buccifer, Palorbitolina lenticularis, Praeorbitolina wienandsi (64389) Palorbitolina lenticularis (84552 145182 145183 145185 184479)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Croatia Orbitolina lotzei, Palorbitolina lenticularis, Praeorbitolina cormyi, Praeorbitolina wienandsi (64000) Palorbitolina lenticularis, Praeorbitolina cormyi (63999)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Portugal (Lisboa) Orbitolinidae indet. (32320)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Algeria Orbitolina sp. (40786)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Ethiopia Palorbitolina lenticularis, Praeorbitolina cormyi (46587 46588)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Switzerland Orbitolina lenticularis (2175 2232)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Romania Mesorbitolina sp., Mesorbitolina texana (146242) Mesorbitolina texana (146234 146251 146335) Mesorbitolina texana, Mesorbitolina subconcava (146241)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Egypt (Sinai) Orbitolina texana, Orbitolina parva, Palorbitolina lenticularis (193559)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Italy Palorbitolina lenticularis (67614)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Oman Palorbitolina lenticularis (64374 64375 67082)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Greece Orbitolina sp., Palorbitolina lenticularis (60374)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46China (Xizang) Praeorbitolina sp. (61412)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Arizona) Orbitolina texana (64983)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Slovenia Orbitolina texana (68731)
Albian113.0 - 100.5China (Xizang) Orbitolina sp. (61403 61420)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Mexico (Sonora) Orbitolina texana (82146)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Egypt Orbitolina concava (171276)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Texas) Dictyoconus walnutensis (84766)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Japan Orbitolina sp. (91251)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Portugal Orbitolina texana (145812)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Oman Mesorbitolina subconcava (82358) Orbitolina texana (24027)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Arizona) Orbitolina sp. (24042) Orbitolina texana (74146)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Mexico Mesorbitolina sp. (161074)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Egypt (Sinai) Orbitolina parva, Orbitolina texana (50266 50271)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Turkey Dictyoconus algerianus (149895)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian112.03 - 105.3Spain Orbitolina mesorbitolina (184481)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian112.03 - 105.3Greece Orbitolina subconcava (64243 64246)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Egypt (Sinai) Orbitolina parva, Orbitolina texana (50267) Orbitolina texana (50272 193561) Orbitolina texana, Orbitolina subconcava (50268)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6Spain Orbitolina concava (184482)
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6China (Xizang) Orbitolina sp. (61397)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Egypt Orbitolina plana (171404) Orbitolina subconcava (193571) Orbitolina texana (148214)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Hungary Orbitolina aperta, Orbitolina concava (149157 149158 149159) Orbitolina concava (149156)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Spain (Navarro) Orbitolina sp. (223564)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Egypt (Sinai) Orbitolina texana, Orbitolina subconcava, Orbitolina cuvillieri, Orbitolina sefini, Orbitolina corbarica (50273)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Portugal Orbitolina aperta, Orbitolina paeneconiea, Orbitolina concava (145815) Orbitolina texana, Orbitolina aperta, Orbitolina paeneconica (145814)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) Dictyoconus walnutensis (187269)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6China (Xizang) Orbitolina sp. (61398)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Portugal Orbitolina aperta, Orbitolina conica, Orbitolina paeneconica, Orbitolina concava (145896)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy Orbitolina sp. (67095) Orbitolinidae indet. (74624)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy (Campania) Orbitolina conica (84801)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Italy (Sicily) Orbitolina concava (163082 163084) Orbitolina conica, Orbitolina concava (162537) Orbitolina conica, Orbitolina concave (163161) Orbitolinidae indet. (162535 163081 163083 163085 163158 163160 163164 163168 163169 163170 163172 163173 163174 163175 163177 163179 163180 163182 163183)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Greece Orbitolina conica, Orbitolina corbarica, Orbitolina concava (64248)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt (Sinai) Orbitolina conica (193562)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Orbitolina conica (184768 184769)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Orbitolina conica, Orbitolina concava (73862 73863)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Slovakia Orbitolina plana, Orbitolina concava (87241)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Turkey (Antalya) Orbitolina sp. (161695 161696 161697)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Orbitolina conica (184772)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Saudi Arabia Orbitolinidae indet. (184844)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Italy Dictyoconus sp. (82395)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Iraq (Kurdistan) Dictyoconus sp. (215058)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Iraq (Sulaymaniyah) Dictyoconus sp. (215124 215126 215127 215128 215129 215130)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Pakistan (Dera Ismail Khan) Dictyoconus sp. (214820)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Pakistan Dictyoconus sp. (79074)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Florida) Dictyoconus cookei (41452)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Haiti Dictyoconus puilboreauensis (60569 60571 60572 60573) Dictyoconus puilboreauensis, Dictyoconus codon (60570)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) Dictyoconus sp. (41475)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Haiti Dictyoconus puilboreauensis (60605)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Somalia Dictyoconus africanus (78813 78814 78815 78822)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Florida) Dictyoconus cookei (61123)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Somalia Dictyoconus africanus (79075)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Iran Orbitolina sp. (151432)