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Siderolites

Calcarinidae

Taxonomy
Siderolites is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Calcarinidae by Cushman (1927) and Loeblich and Tappan (1988); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Siderolites Cushman p. 80
1988Siderolites Loeblich and Tappan
2002Siderolites Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderRotaliinaDelage and Herouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyRotaliaceaEhrenberg 1839
familyCalcarinidae
genusSiderolites

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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Eocene or 83.50000 to 48.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.1 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian - Campanian85.8 - 72.1Italy S. sp. (67596)
Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0France (Haute-Garonne) S. calcitrapoides (13217)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Italy S. calcitrapoides (82395)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Italy (Salerno ) S. calcitrapoides (138405)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Italy (Salerno) S. calcitrapoides (162687)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Italy S. sp. (74623)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0France S. calcitrapoides (145809)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Egypt S. calcitrapoides (148333)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands S. calcitrapoides (3123)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Haute-Garonne) S. calcitrapoides (67196 98904)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Italy S. calcitrapoides (82398)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Turkey S. calcitrapoides (34585 34586 34587 200056)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain S. calcitrapoides (67554 67555) S. sp. (74557)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Slovakia (Trencin) S. sp. (216067)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Slovakia (Bratislava) S. calcitrapoides (216046)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0China (Tibet) S. miscella (76994)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Slovakia (Zilina) S. calcitrapoides (216125)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Slovakia (Trencin) S. calcitrapoides (216050)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6India S. miscella (42883)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Tibet) S. miscella (76995)