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Saracenaria

Nodosariata - Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae

Taxonomy
Saracenaria was named by Defrance (1824) [Sepkoski's age data: K Berr R Sepkoski's reference number: 959]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Nodosariinae by Cushman (1927) and Dorreen (1948); to Nodosariidae by Asano (1949); to Lenticulininae by Loeblich and Tappan (1984); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
S. acutiauricularis, S. arcuata, S. hantkeni, S. kellumi
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. triangularis, S. triquetra

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Saracenaria Defrance
1927Saracenaria Cushman p. 46
1948Saracenaria Dorreen p. 289
1949Saracenaria Asano p. 476
1984Saracenaria Loeblich and Tappan
2002Saracenaria Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classNodosariata
RankNameAuthor
orderVaginulinida
familyVaginulinidaeReuss 1860
subfamilyLenticulininaeChapman et al. 1934
genusSaracenariaDefrance 1824

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. Saracenaria Defrance 1824
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†Saracenaria acutiauricularis Fichtel and Moll 1798
†Saracenaria arcuata d'Orbigny 1846
†Saracenaria hantkeni Cushman 1933
†Saracenaria kellumi Dorreen 1948
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 0.1 to < 1.0g
Adult width: 0.1 to < 1.0g
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Dorreen (1948), based on specimens of Saracenaria kellumi.g
Created: 2009-09-02 20:11:44
Modified: 2009-09-02 22:12:51
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Dorreen 1948

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliensbachian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 189.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (127 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Germany (Bavaria) S. aragonensis (51275)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Bavaria) S. aragonensis (51274)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Spain S. sp. (168057 168058)
Early/Lower Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Spain Saracenaria indet. (168073) S. sp. (168072 168074 168075)
Late/Upper Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Spain S. sp. (168076)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3Spain S. oxfordiana (73743 73744 73772 73786)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Spain S. oxfordiana (73745 73746 73773 73774 73787 73788)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Spain S. oxfordiana (73747 73748 73775 73789)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Russian Federation (Karachay-Cherkessia) S. tricostata (198646)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Spain S. oxfordiana (73749 73750 73776 73777 73790 73791)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Egypt S. triangularis (99487)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Egypt S. triangularis (99486)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland S. cornucopiae, S. triquetra (61717)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Spain S. oxfordiana (73751 73778)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland S. sp. (62046)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France S. cornucopiae (61719)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland S. cornucopiae (78597 78598)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland S. cornucopiae (61723)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Egypt S. cornucopiae, S. triangularis (99488)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Poland S. cornucopiae, S. oxfordiana (78600 78618 78619 78621) S. oxfordiana (78627)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Russian Federation (Siberia) S. vermis (2475 2476 2477)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Russian Federation (Siberia) S. sp. (2484 2485) S. vermis (2478 2479 2481)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Russian Federation S. basovi, S. valanginiana (65439) S. sp. (2508 65700 65724)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Russian Federation S. sp. (65741)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Canada (Nova Scotia) S. valanginia (45348)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Germany S. pyramidata (50181)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Mexico (Baja California) S. bononiensis, S. sp. (1891)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Tunisia S. sp. (56813)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Tunisia S. calliopsis (56817)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt S. traingularis (141572)
Early/Lower Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Tanzania (Lindi) S. sp. (179314)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Tanzania (Lindi) S. sp. (179309)
Piripauan85.8 - 83.5New Zealand S. sp. (63092)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Tunisia S. navicula (57320 57322 57323 57326 57327 57349 57361 57364 57368) S. navicula, S. triangularis (57321 57324 57325 57328 57329 57330 57331 57332 57333 57335 57336 57337 57338 57339 57340 57341 57342 57343 57345 57347 57348 57352 57354 57357 57360 57362 57363 57366) S. triangularis (57334 57344 57346 57350 57351 57353 57355 57358 57359 57365 57367)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Slovakia S. sp. (88272)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (California) S. acutiauricularis (185234)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Canada (Nova Scotia) S. sp. (141891)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Japan S. sp. (91371)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (Louisiana) S. moresiana (44521)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03New Zealand (North Island) S. arcuatula (205946)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Costa Rica S. sp. (143215)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand S. arcuatula (77488)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand S. arcuatula, S. obesa (77491)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama S. vaughani (145529)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy S. italica (49518)