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Tetrataxoidea

Taxonomy
Tetrataxacea was named by Galloway (1933). It is not extant.

It was corrected as Tetrataxoidea by Kobayashi (2006).

It was assigned to Fusulinina by Loeblich and Tappan (1984) and Kobayashi (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Tetrataxacea Galloway
1984Tetrataxacea Loeblich and Tappan
2006Tetrataxoidea Kobayashi p. 67

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
RankNameAuthor
suborderFusulinina(Wedekind 1937)
superfamilyTetrataxoidea(Galloway 1933)
superfamilyTetrataxoidea(Galloway 1933)

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.

Superfm. †Tetrataxoidea Galloway 1933
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Fm. †Abadehellidae Loeblich and Tappan 1984
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G. †Abadehella Okimura and Ishii 1975
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†Abadehella coniformis Okimura and Ishii 1975
†Abadehella koryakiensis Davydov 1996
Fm. †Tetrataxidae Galloway 1933
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G. †Endotaxis Bogush and Brazhnikova 1983
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†Endotaxis brazhnikovae Bogush and Yuferev 1966
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Invalid names: Endotaxis planiformis Brazhnikova 1983 [synonym]
G. †Tetrataxis Ehrenberg 1854
Fm. †Valvulinellidae Loeblich and Tappan 1984
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G. †Valvulinella Schubert 1907
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-25 09:17:40
Modified: 2007-11-25 11:17:40
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1984

Age range: base of the Eifelian to the top of the Sevatian or 393.30000 to 205.60000 Ma

Collections (335 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian - Givetian393.3 - 382.7Morocco Tetrataxis sp. (226635)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Ireland Tetrataxis sp. (78290 78291)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Afghanistan (Kabul) Tetrataxis sp. (232509)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7France Tetrataxis sp. (67216)
Tournaisian - Chadian358.9 - 340.0Ireland Tetrataxis sp. (76916) Tetrataxis sp., Valvulinella ceunacumensis (76915)
Ivorian353.8 - 346.7Belgium Tetrataxidae indet. (76920)
Osagean - Meramecian352.0 - 335.5USA (California) Tetrataxis eominima, Tetrataxis sp. (225988)
Arundian346.7 - 340.0United Kingdom Tetrataxidae indet. (34568)
Arundian346.7 - 340.0Ireland Tetrataxis conica (78340) Tetrataxis conica, Valvulinella sp. (78339) Tetrataxis conica, Valvulinella tchotchiai (78293) Tetrataxis sp. (76880)
Arundian - Holkerian346.7 - 340.0Ireland Tetrataxis conica, Valvulinella tchotchiai (78341)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Turkey Tetrataxis nana (73893)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Austria Tetrataxis humilis (58093)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Austria (Styria) Tetrataxis sp. (36516)
Sevatian - Rhaetian212.0 - 201.3Indonesia Tetrataxis inflata (38185)
Sevatian - Rhaetian212.0 - 201.3Australia (Western Australia) Tetrataxis sp. (36902 36911)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Papua New Guinea Tetrataxis inflata, Tetrataxis nanus (67687)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Slovakia Tetrataxis inflata (49455 100046) Tetrataxis inflata, Tetrataxis nanus (85059) Tetrataxis sp. (100088)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Indonesia Tetrataxis inflata (67677)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria Tetrataxis sp. (36801)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Australia (Western Australia) Tetrataxis inflata (36912)