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Ammodiscoidea

Taxonomy
Ammodiscacea was named by Reuss (1862). It is extant.

It was corrected as Ammodiscoidea by Loeblich and Tappan (1988) and Kobayashi (2012).

It was assigned to Textulariina by Loeblich and Tappan (1961), Loeblich and Tappan (1984), Loeblich and Tappan (1988) and Kobayashi (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Ammodiscacea Reuss
1961Ammodiscacea Loeblich and Tappan
1984Ammodiscacea Loeblich and Tappan
1988Ammodiscoidea Loeblich and Tappan
2012Ammodiscoidea Kobayashi p. 679

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
RankNameAuthor
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
superfamilyAmmodiscoidea(Reuss 1862)
superfamilyAmmodiscoidea(Reuss 1862)

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. Ammodiscoidea Reuss 1862
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Fm. †Ammodiscidae Reuss 1862
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Subfm. Ammodiscinae Reuss 1862
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G. †Hemidiscus Schellwein 1897
G. Spirillinoides Rhumbler 1938
G. Ammodiscus Reuss 1862
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†Ammodiscus anceps Brady 1876
†Ammodiscus auricula Chapman 1895
†Ammodiscus centrifugus Brady 1873
†Ammodiscus cretaceus Reuss 1845
†Ammodiscus fusiformis Chapman 1895
†Ammodiscus incertus d'Orbigny 1839
†Ammodiscus jurassicus Haeusler 1882
†Ammodiscus milioloides Jones et al. 1869
†Ammodiscus robertsoni Brady 1876
Subfm. †Ammovertellinae Saidova 1981
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G. Glomospira Rzehak 1895
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†Glomospira spirillinoides Grozdilova and Glebovskaia 1948
Subfm. Ammovertellininae Saidova 1981
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G. Annectina Suleymanov 1963
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†Annectina biedai Gradstein and Kaminski 1997
G. †Pilammina
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†Pilammina praedensa Urosevic 1988
Subfm. Ammovolummininae Chernykh 1967
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G. Psammonyx Doderiein 1892
G. †Glomospirella Plummer 1945
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†Glomospirella oscillens Koehn-Zaninetti et al. 1969
G. †Hemigordiellina Marie 1961
G. Lituotuba Rhumbler 1895
G. †Psammophis Fitzinger 1826
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†Psammophis odysseus Georgalis and Szyndlar 2022
Subfm. Tolypammininae Cushman 1928
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G. †Tolypammina Rhumbler 1895
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†Tolypammina solontsovica Ivanova 2000
Subfm. Usbekistaniinae Vyalov 1968
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Fm. Saccamminidae Brady 1884
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Subfm. Diffusulininae Loeblich and Tappan 1961
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G. Daitrona Loeblich and Tappan 1961
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Daitrona lens Goës 1896
G. Diffusilina Heron-Allen and Earland 1924
G. Oryctoderma Loeblich and Tappan 1961
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Oryctoderma pisum Goës 1896
Oryctoderma rotundata Cushman 1910
Oryctoderma rugosa Goës 1894
†Oryctoderma teicherti Parr 1942
Subfm. Pilulininae Brady 1884
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G. Pilulina Carpenter 1870
Subfm. †Saccammininae Brady 1884
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G. †Ammosphaeroides Cushman 1910
G. Lagenammina Rhumbler 1911
G. †Lagunculina Rhumbler 1903
G. †Millettella Rhumbler 1903
G. Ovammina Dahlgren 1962
G. Pilulinella Saidova 1975
G. Psammophaga Arnold 1982
G. Saccammina Sars in Carpenter 1869
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†Saccammina sphaerica Huang et al. 2019
G. †Sacculinella Crespin 1958
G. †Urnulina Gruber 1884
Subfm. Thurammininae Miklukho-Maklay 1963
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G. Astrammina Rhumbler 1931
G. Orbulinelloides Saidova 1975
G. Pseudothurammina Scott et al. 1981
Subfm. †Webinellinae Rhumbler 1903
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G. †Rhaphidoscene Jennings 1896
Invalid names: Pelosininae Brady 1879 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedsubo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: infaunalsubo
Diet: detritivoresubo
Created: 2007-11-25 07:07:30
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:15:32
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1984

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ediacaran to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 635.00000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 541.0 Ma

Collections (936 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ediacaran635.0 - 541.0Russian Federation (Tomsk) Spirosolenites sp. (99183 99184)
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 509.0Senegal Ammodiscus sp., Glomospira sp. (97595)
Tommotian - Atdabanian525.5 - 516.0Guinea Glomospira sp., Tolypammina sp., Turritellella sp. (7790)
Kunda469.2 - 464.3Estonia Ordovicina oligostoma (56202)
Lasnamagi463.5 - 460.9Estonia Ordovicina oligostoma (56203 56210)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4Paraguay Thurammina sp. (25570)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4USA (Wisconsin) Glomospirella exserta, Lagenammina sp., Thurammina polygona (76451)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Tennessee) Thurammina spp. (26802)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Italy (Sardinia) Tolypammina bransoni, Tolypammina devoniana (26161)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Myanmar Thurammina sp. (25737)
Eifelian - Givetian393.3 - 382.7Morocco Tolypammina sp. (226635)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Germany Thurammina congesta, Thurammina sphaerica, Tolypammina continuus, Tolypammina tortuosa (227413)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Czech Republic (Moravia) Thurammina minuscula (5767)
Frasnian - Famennian382.7 - 358.9Vietnam Ammodiscus sp. (83255)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Belgium (Liege) Tolypammina sp. (75672)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7USA (Montana) Ammodiscus sp., Lituotuba sp., Saccammina sp., Thurammina sp., Tolypammina sp. (643)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Indiana) Ammodiscus longexsertus, Glomospira sp., Thurammina limbata, Tolypammina laocoon, Tolypammina jacobschapelensis, Tolypammina gersterensis, Tolypammina cyclops, Tolypammina bulbosa, Tolypammina bransoni (6734) Ammodiscus longexsertus, Glomospira sp., Tolypammina bulbosa (6733)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0USA (Tennessee) Tolypammina sp. (6914)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) Ammodiscus sp. (2249) Ammodiscus sp., Tolypammina sp. (2442) Tolypammina sp. (2184 2185 2187 2191 2202 2204 2207 2208 2251 2439 2448)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) Glomospira articulosa (8072 8138) Glomospira articulosa, Tolypammina sp. (8073) Glomospira sp., Serpulopsis sp., Thurammina sp., Tolypammina sp. (557) Glomospira sp., Serpulopsis sp., Tolypammina sp. (556) Serpulopsis jacobschapelensis (8068 8069 8078 8079 8119 8134 8136) Serpulopsis jacobschapelensis, Tolypammina cyclops (8075) Serpulopsis jacobschapelensis, Tolypammina rotula (8128) Thurammina arenicorna (8080)