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Ammosphaeroidinidae

Ammosphaeroidinidae

Taxonomy
Ammosphaeroidinidae was named by Cushman (1927). It is extant.

It was assigned to Lituolina by Cushman (1927); to Trochamminacea by Gradstein and Kaminski (1997); and to Lituolacea by Kiessling (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Ammosphaeroidinidae Cushman
1927Ammosphaeroidinidae Cushman
1997Ammosphaeroidinidae Gradstein and Kaminski p. 225
2003Ammosphaeroidinidae Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyLituolaceaLamarck 1809
familyAmmosphaeroidinidaeCushman 1927
familyAmmosphaeroidinidaeCushman 1927

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. Ammosphaeroidinidae Cushman 1927
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G. Ammosphaeroidina Cushman 1910
G. Cystammina Neumayer 1889
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Cystammina sveni Gradstein and Kaminski 1997
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedsuperf
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: infaunalsubo
Diet: detritivoresubo
Created: 2007-11-25 08:31:19
Modified: 2007-11-25 10:31:19
Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1988, Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1984

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tithonian to the top of the Aquitanian or 152.10000 to 20.44000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 145.0 Ma

Collections (51 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Russian Federation (Siberia) Recurvoides obskiensis (2475 2476)
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Russian Federation (Siberia) Recurvoides romanovae (64291 64294)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Poland (Masovian Voivodship) Recurvoides sp. (192536 192620)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Russian Federation Recurvoides obskiensis (2507 65699) Recurvoides obskiensis, Recurvoides dubrovskajae (65731) Recurvoides obskiensis, Recurvoides paucus (65700 65724) Recurvoides paucus (2508) Recurvoides transitorius (2506)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Russian Federation (Siberia) Recurvoides obskiensis (2479 2480 2482 2483 2484 2485) Recurvoides paucus, Recurvoides obskiensis (2478)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Russian Federation (Siberia) Recurvoides obskiensis (64275 64306 64307 64309)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Poland (Masovian Voivodship) Recurvoides sp. (192621)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Russian Federation Recurvoides obskiensis (65744) Recurvoides obskiensis, Recurvoides dubrovskajae (65741 65748)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Russian Federation Recurvoides paucus (65751)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Russian Federation (Siberia) Recurvoides obskiensis (2486 2487)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Ukraine Ammosphaeroidina pseudopauciloculata (91060 91061) Ammosphaeroidina pseudopauciloculata, Cystammina globigerinaeformis (91059) Recurvoides sp., Recurvoides walteri (91057) Recurvoides sp., Recurvoides walteri, Recurvoides gerochi (91062) Recurvoides walteri (91067)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0North Atlantic Cystammina sveni (91346)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Slovakia Recurvoides nucleolus (88185)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Spain Recurvoides retroseptus (154088 154089)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8North Atlantic Cystammina sveni (91344)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain Recurvoides retroseptus (154090 154097) Recurvoides walteri (154098 154104 154105 154106)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3North Atlantic Cystammina sveni (91347)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03North Atlantic Recurvoides sp. (121375)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Austria Recurvoides sp. (99160)