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Sigalia

Heterohelicidae

Taxonomy
Sigalia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Guembelitriidae by Kiessling (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Sigalia Sepkoski
2003Sigalia Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
superfamilyGlobigerinaceae(Carpenter et al. 1862)
RankNameAuthor
familyHeterohelicidaeCushman 1927
subfamilyGuembelitriinae
genusSigalia

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. †Sigalia
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-28 00:47:02
Modified: 2009-05-20 05:31:44
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Late/Upper Santonian or 89.80000 to 83.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Italy (Sardinia) S. deflaensis (162664)
Santonian - Late/Upper Campanian86.3 - 70.6Tanzania (Lindi) S. carpathica (179311)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Jamaica S. deflaensis, S. decoratissima (99827)