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Dictyopsella

Dictyopsellidae

Taxonomy
Dictyopsella is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Dictyopsellidae.

It was assigned to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dictyopsellidae by Kiessling (2003).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Dictyopsella Sepkoski
2003Dictyopsella Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
RankNameAuthor
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
familyDictyopsellidaeBrönnimann et al. 1983
genusDictyopsella

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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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: Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1984

Age range: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Campanian or 89.80000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Albania D. kiliani (74611)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Germany D. kiliani (74481 74483 74486) D. tenuissima (74484 74485)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Austria D. tenuissima (74488)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Italy D. sp. (74801)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria D. kiliani (74490) D. sp. (146295)
Late/Upper Santonian - Campanian85.8 - 72.1Spain D. kiliani (161013)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Italy D. sp. (82392)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Italy D. sp. (82395)