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Involutina

Involutinidae

Taxonomy
Involutina is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Silicinidae by Cushman (1927); to Involutinidae by Loeblich and Tappan (1984); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
I. communis, I. incertus, I. tumida, I. turgida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Involutina Cushman p. 31
1984Involutina Loeblich and Tappan
2002Involutina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
RankNameAuthor
suborderInvolutininaBütschli 1880
familyInvolutinidaeBütschli 1880
genusInvolutina

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: aragoniteg
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-25 06:19:02
Modified: 2007-11-25 08:19:02
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 247.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Turkey I. sp. (130987)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Slovenia I. gashei (36528)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Iran I. planidiscoides (37045)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0China (Sichuan) I. sp. (25403)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Slovenia I. sp. (66930)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Slovakia I. eomesozoica, I. gaschei, I. sinuosa, I. planidiscoides, I. sp. (57037)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Slovenia I. gashei (36558)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Slovakia I. gaschei, I. sp. (100044)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Germany I. sp. (170644)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Iraq I. sp. (101397)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Slovenia I. parva (36565) I. sinuosa (36566 36567)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Slovenia I. parva (36573) I. parva, I. sinuosa (36564)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Austria I. sp. (58093)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Slovakia I. communis, I. tenuis, I. gaschei, I. sp. (100045)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Slovakia I. communis, I. tenuis, I. turgida (49455) I. communis, I. tumida, I. gaschei, I. sp., I. sinuosa (100046) I. turgida (85059)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria I. communis, I. tumida, I. gaschei, I. sinuosa, I. sp. (100108) I. sp. (36801)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Tajikistan I. turgida, I. tumida (34645)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria (Calcareous Alps) I. communis, I. sp. (38141)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Slovenia I. communis (36572)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Papua New Guinea I. liassica (67687)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.3 - 190.8Austria I. liassica (38056 38057 38058 38059)
Early/Lower Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Slovakia I. liassica, I. turgida (195484)
Late/Upper Sinemurian - Early/Lower Pliensbachian196.5 - 183.0Austria I. liassica (94712)
Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian190.8 - 182.0Morocco I. sp. (42480)
Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian190.8 - 182.0Italy I. sp. (42434 42473 42479)
Pliensbachian - Toarcian190.8 - 174.1Italy I. liassica (38030 38031 38032)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Slovenia I. farinacciae (146866)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian189.6 - 182.0Morocco I. sp. (21261)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3France I. sp. (34714 34715)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Egypt I. aspera, I. magharaensis (99485)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Egypt I. gaultina (99486)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Egypt I. magharaensis (99488)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Slovakia I. sp. (229112)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Washington) I. incertus (169032 169048)