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Cushmania

Placopsilinidae

Taxonomy
Cushmania is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Cushmania Cushman p. 43
2002Cushmania Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyLituolaceaLamarck 1809
familyPlacopsilinidaeRhumbler 1913
subfamilyPolyphragminae
genusCushmania

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.

G. †Cushmania
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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, Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available