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Mesodentalina

Ichthyolariidae

Taxonomy
Mesodentalina is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ichthyolariidae by Loeblich and Tappan (1988); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Mesodentalina Loeblich and Tappan
2002Mesodentalina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
RankNameAuthor
suborderLageninaDelage and Herouard 1896
familyIchthyolariidaeLoeblich and Tappan 1986
genusMesodentalina

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: low Mg calcitesubo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: infaunalsubo
Diet: deposit feedersubo
Created: 2007-11-25 08:01:34
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:28:27
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1984

Age range: base of the Tuvalian to the top of the Tenuicostatum or 232.00000 to 182.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Russian Federation M. tenuistriata (124567 124630 124631 124634)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Russian Federation M. tenuistriata (124632 124633)
Tenuicostatum183.0 - 182.0Spain (Cantabria) M. matutina (222244)