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Orbulina

Globigerinidae

Taxonomy
Orbulina was named by d'Orbigny (1839) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l-u R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Orbulininae by Cushman (1927); to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Globigerinidae by Snyder et al. (1983), Gibson (1983) and Lam and Leckie (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Orbulina d'Orbigny
1927Orbulina Cushman p. 89
1983Orbulina Gibson p. 368
1983Orbulina Snyder et al. p. 465
2002Orbulina Sepkoski
2020Orbulina Lam and Leckie

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyGlobigerinoideaCarpenter et al. 1862
familyGlobigerinidaeCarpenter et al. 1862
genusOrbulinad'Orbigny 1839

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. Orbulina d'Orbigny 1839
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Orbulina suturalis Bronnimann 1951
Orbulina universa d'Orbigny 1839
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: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (106 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Costa Rica O. suturalis (143215)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Tonga O. sp. (81977)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Indonesia O. sp. (164740)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Turkey O. universa (206196)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Malaysia O. suturalis (165770)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Italy O. suturalis (73616)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608India (Orissa) O. suturalis (46360)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Ecuador O. universa (90852)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Chile (Coquimbo) O. suturalis (222362)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Cuba O. universa (232852)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) O. universa (94810)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Romania O. suturalis (123135)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Cyprus O. universa (223600)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) O. universa (145345)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy O. sp. (27549)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy (Campania) O. bilobata, O. universa, O. suturalis (78631)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Greece (Crete) O. universa, O. suturalis (205363)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Tanzania (Lindi) O. universa (179884)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333East Timor O. bilobata, O. universa (141950 141951 142383 142384 142385 142386 142407 142408 142411 142412 143222 143223 143224 143225 143226 143227 143228)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Cape Verde O. universa (92734)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Florida) O. universa (94805)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6East Timor O. bilobata, O. universa (142387 142388 142409 142410 142413 142661 142662 142663 142664 142665 142666 142667 142668 143229 143230 143231 143232 143233 143234 143235 143236 143237)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Campania) O. universa, O. suturalis (78633)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Romania O. bilobata, O. universa (38594)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Tanzania O. universa (202214)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy O. sp. (168730)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) O. sp. (113998)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6New Zealand O. universa (73307)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Antigua and Barbuda O. universa (198642)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Siena) O. universa, O. suturalis (45497)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Taiwan (Hsinchu-Hsien) O. universa (13488)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ecuador O. universa (90839)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) O. uiversa, O. suturalis (52582)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588East Timor O. bilobata, O. universa (142976 142977 142979 142980 142981 142982 142986 142987 142988 142989 143238 143239 143240 143241 143242 143243 143244 143245 143246 143247 143248 143249)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Pakistan O. universa (77293)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Egypt (Al Buhayrah) O. universa (42119)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Chile (Atacama) O. universa (221667)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ireland O. universa (152368)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy (Umbria) O. universa (200419)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy O. sp. (176387)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama O. universa (91912)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy (Umbria) O. universa (149603 193967)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy O. universa (126555) O. universa, O. suturalis (77008)
Ionian - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Italy (Apulia) O. universa (157642)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece O. sp. (88773)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) O. universa (74987)