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Cristellaria

Taxonomy
Cristellaria was named by Lamarck (1816).

It was assigned to Nodosariinae by Cushman (1927); and to Foraminiferida by Dorreen (1948).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Cristellaria Lamarck
1927Cristellaria Cushman p. 43
1948Cristellaria Dorreen p. 288

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
RankNameAuthor
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
genusCristellariaLamarck 1816

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. †Cristellaria Lamarck 1816
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Subg. †Cristellaria (Astacolus) Bartenstein and Brand 1937
Subg. †Cristellaria (Lenticulina) Bartenstein and Brand 1937
Subg. Cristellaria (Marginulina) d'Orbigny 1826
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†Marginulina acosta Costa 1856
†Marginulina adunca Costa 1856
†Marginulina alazanensis Nuttall 1932
†Marginulina cushmani Hanna 1923
†Marginulina eximia Neugeboren 1851
†Marginulina glabra d'Orbigny 1826
†Marginulina hochstetteri Stache 1864
†Marginulina inconspicua Hussey 1949
†Marginulina munda Cushman 1938
†Marginulina subbullata Hantken 1875
†Cristellaria kemperi Hanna 1923
†Cristellaria subalata Reuss 1854
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-28 00:47:02
Modified: 2009-05-20 05:31:44
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Calabrian or 242.00000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 237.0 Ma

Collections (253 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Indonesia (Timor) C. rotulata, C. prima, C. cassiana (205180)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Indonesia (Timor) C. rotulata, C. prima, C. cassiana (205174)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Nevada) Marginulina sp. (100391)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Nevada) Marginulina sp. (100412)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (England) Marginulina glabra (200953)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Indonesia (Timor) C. sp. (205667)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Switzerland Marginulina prima (58314)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Spain Marginulina alata (73782) Marginulina alata, Marginulina prima (73733 73766)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Spain Marginulina alata, Marginulina prima (73735 73737 73767 73768) Marginulina prima (73734 73783)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Germany (Bavaria) Marginulina alata, Marginulina prima, Marginulina interrupta, Marginulina spinata, Marginulina terquiemi (51275)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Spain (Cantabria) Marginulina prima (222230 222235 222305 222307) Marginulina prima, Marginulina interrupta (222306)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian189.6 - 182.0Switzerland Marginulina prima, Marginulina radiata (58315)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain (Cantabria) Marginulina sp. (222268)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Bavaria) Marginulina oolithica (51270) Marginulina prima, Marginulina oolithica (51274)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain Marginulina alata (73784)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Switzerland Marginulina prima (58316)
Tenuicostatum183.0 - 182.0Spain (Cantabria) Marginulina prima (222308 222309) Marginulina prima, Marginulina interrupta (222244) Marginulina prima, Marginulina spinata (222254)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Spain Marginulina alata (73769 73771) Marginulina alata, Marginulina prima (73738 73741) Marginulina alata, Marginulina spinata (73770) Marginulina spinata (73742)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Germany Marginulina breviformis (59433)
Levesquei182.0 - 175.6Germany Marginulina breviformis (59425 59428 59429 59430 59431 59432 59434)