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Planorbulina mediterranensis

Planorbulinidae

Taxonomy
Planorbulina mediterranensis was named by d'Orbigny (1826). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Planorbulina mediterranensis d'Orbigny
2012Planorbulina mediterranensis Margerel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderRotaliinaDelage and Herouard 1896
superfamilyPlanorbulinaceaSchwager 1877
RankNameAuthor
familyPlanorbulinidaeSchwager 1877
subfamilyPlanorbulininaeSchwager 1877
genusPlanorbulinad'Orbigny 1826
speciesmediterranensisd'Orbigny 1826

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
Environment: outer shelf, marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-09-19 08:26:03
Modified: 2007-09-19 10:26:03
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Slovakia (Zilina region) Planorbulina mediterranensis (237428)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Slovakia (Presov Region) Planorbulina mediterranensis (237453)
Paleocene - Ypresian66.0 - 47.8Slovakia (Zilina Region) Planorbulina mediterranensis (237462)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Slovakia (Upper Vah Region) Planorbulina mediterranensis (237432)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Slovakia (Upper Vah region) Planorbulina mediterranensis (237433)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71Trinidad and Tobago Planorbulina mediterranensis (140160)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (Louisiana) Planorbulina mediterranensis (44521)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Planorbulina mediterranensis (77654)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) Planorbulina mediterranensis (122994)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Planorbulina mediterranensis (55827)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Tuscany) Planorbulina mediterranensis (55748)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Egypt Planorbulina mediterranensis (147632 147635 147636 147637)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt Planorbulina mediterranensis (147647 147650)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Barbados Planorbulina mediterranensis (148714)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Planorbulina mediterranensis (56802 56803 56804 56805)