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Nummulitacea

Taxonomy
Nummulitacea was named by Blainville (1827). It is extant.

It was assigned to Rotaliina by Loeblich and Tappan (1984) and Margerel (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Nummulitacea Blainville
1984Nummulitacea Loeblich and Tappan
2012Nummulitacea Margerel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
RankNameAuthor
suborderRotaliinaDelage and Herouard 1896
superfamilyNummulitaceaBlainville 1827
superfamilyNummulitaceaBlainville 1827

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.

Superfm. Nummulitacea Blainville 1827
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Subg. †Pseudophragmina (Proporocyclina) Vaughn and Cole 1940
†Pseudophragmina advena Cushman 1921
†Pseudophragmina clarki Cushman 1920
Fm. †Discocyclinidae Galloway 1928
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Subg. †Discocyclina (Discocyclina) Gümbel 1870
†Discocyclina dispansa Sowerby 1840
Fm. Nummulitidae Blainville 1827
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†Assilina laminosa Gill 1953
G. †Dictyoconos Blanckenhorn 1900
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†Dictyoconos egyptiensis Chapman 1900
G. †Heteroclypeus Schubert 1906
G. Heterostegina d'Orbigny 1826
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Heterostegina antillarum d'Orbigny 1839
G. †Nummulitella Dorreen 1948
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†Nummulitella polystylata Dorreen 1948
G. Nummulites Lamarck 1801
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†Nummulites carmenensis Anderson 1928
†Nummulites deserti de la Harpe 1883
†Nummulites fraasi de la Harpe 1883
†Nummulites globulus Leymerie 1846
†Nummulites heeri de la Harpe 1883
†Nummulites incrassatus de la Harpe 1883
†Nummulites madaraszi Hantken 1876
†Nummulites subvasseuri Douvillé 1920
†Nummulites vasseuri Douvillé 1920
Invalid names: Operculinoides [synonym]
G. †Nummulostegina Schubert 1907
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†Operculina canalifera d'Archiac 1850
†Operculina pacifica Whipple 1932
G. Operculinella Yabe 1918
G. Palaeonummulites Schubert 1908
G. †Planostegina Banner and Hodgkinson 1991
G. †Ranikothalia Caudri 1944
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†Ranikothalia sindensis Davies 1927
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubo
Environment: outer shelf, marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-09-19 08:26:03
Modified: 2007-09-19 10:26:03
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Morrowan to the top of the Holocene or 323.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 318.6 Ma

Collections (644 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) Nummulostegina ardmorensis (171807)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Switzerland Operculina cruciensis (2175 2232)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Brazil (Sergipe) Discocyclina sp. (87857)
Santonian - Late/Upper Campanian86.3 - 70.6Tanzania (Lindi) Assilina spp., Nummulites spp., Nummulites involutus (179311)
Danian66.0 - 61.6China (Tibet) Discocyclina sp. (215945)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Bulgaria (Mandrista) Nummulites sp. (214999)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Nummulitacea indet. (190773)
Paleocene - Oligocene66.0 - 23.03Belize (Toledo) Nummulites biaritzensis (217176) Nummulites sp. (217178) Operculina sp. (217171)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Iraq (Kurdistan) Assilina sp. (215047) Assilina sp., Discocyclina sp., Nummulites foasi, Ranikothalia antillea (215046) Discocyclina sp. (215057 215058) Nummulites faosi (215048) Pseudophragmina sp. (215049) Ranikothalia antillea (215045 215055 215060)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Iraq (Sulaymaniyah) Assilina sp. (215122) Assilina sp., Nummulites chavannesi, Ranikothalia antillea (215123) Assilina sp., Nummulites chavannesi, Ranikothalia sp. (215127) Assilina sp., Operculina subsalia (215124 215128) Assilina sp., Operculina subsalia, Ranikothalia merinda (215129) Assilina sp., Ranikothalia merinda (215126) Discocyclina varians (215151 215154 215157 215158 215159) Operculina sp. (215133 215138) Operculina subsalia (215132 215134) Ranikothalia merinda (215131)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Slovakia (Bratislava) Discocyclina seunesi (216046)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0China (Tibet) Discocyclina sp. (215938 215943) Discocyclina sp., Operculina sp., Ranikothalia sp. (215936)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Iraq (Kurdistan) Ranikothalia sp. (215090 215091 215092 215095 215096 215100)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Slovakia (Trencin) Discocyclina seunesi, Operculina heberti (216099) Discocyclina seunesi, Operculina heberti, Operculina azilensis (216067)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Discocyclina weaveri, Pseudophragmina stephensoni (34652)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Costa Rica (Guanacaste) Discocyclina sp., Ranikothalia catenula (215877 215878 215879) Ranikothalia catenula (215867 215868 215869 215870 215871 215874 215876 215880)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Austria (Salzburg) Discocyclina sp., Ranikothalia sp. (215033)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Slovakia (Bratislava) Discocyclina seunesi (216048)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Italy Discocyclina sp., Ranikothalia sindensis (24270)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0India (Meghalaya) Assilina sp., Nummulites sp., Ranikothalia nuttalli (214943) Assilina sp., Operculina sp., Ranikothalia nuttalli (214942) Nummulites sp., Operculina sp., Ranikothalia sp. (214602) Operculina sp. (214940 214941) Operculina sp., Ranikothalia nuttalli (214938 214939) Ranikothalia nuttalli (214935 214937)