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Trochammina

Trochamminidae

Taxonomy
Trochammina was named by Parker and Jones (1859) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise R Sepkoski's reference number: 537]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Trochamminidae by Asano (1949) and Morlotti (1988); to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Trochammininae by Cushman (1927), Sepkoski (2002) and Margerel (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Trochammina Parker and Jones
1927Trochammina Cushman p. 40
1949Trochammina Asano p. 474
1988Trochammina Morlotti p. 281
2002Trochammina Sepkoski
2012Trochammina Margerel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyTrochamminaceaSchwager 1877
familyTrochamminidaeSchwager 1877
subfamilyTrochammininaeSchwager 1877
genusTrochamminaParker and Jones 1859

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. Trochammina Parker and Jones 1859
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†Trochammina albertensis Wickenden 1932
†Trochammina asagiensis Asano 1949
†Trochammina deformis Grzybowski 1898
†Trochammina diagonis Carsey 1926
†Trochammina indica Govindan and Bhandari 1988
Trochammina inflata Montagu 1803
†Trochammina jaunensis Broennimann and Page 1966
†Trochammina stomata Grzybowski 1898
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedg
Locomotion: stationarysuperf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Created: 2007-11-25 06:33:39
Modified: 2007-11-25 08:33:39
Source: g = genus, f = family, superf = superfamily
References: Gradstein and Kaminski 1997, Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Loeblich and Tappan 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Virgilian to the top of the Pliocene or 303.70000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 298.9 Ma

Collections (292 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) T. grahamensis, T. arenosa (217237) T. sp. (217086 217088)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) T. spp. (95188 95189 95190 95191 95192 95193 95194 95196 95199 95200 95201 95202 95203 95204 95205 95206 95207 95208 95209 95210 95211 95212 95213 95214 95215 95216)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Australia (Queensland) T. pulvilla (214548 214549 214565) T. subobtusa (214546)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Lithuania T. brevis (46158 46159) T. pulvilla (46144 46161 46168) T. pulvilla, T. brevis (45952)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) T. brevis (46175)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2China (Guizhou) T. almtalensis, T. sp. (116940) T. sp. (116925 116929 116930 116932 116944)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Poland (Upper Silesia) T. alpina (218722)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Italy T. almtalensis (67717)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Hungary T. almtalensis (67640)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Turkey T. sp. (73816 98012 98016)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) T. almtalensis (117064 117065 117066 117068) T. almtalensis, T. sp. (117069) T. sp. (117071) T. sp. 4 (117062)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Serbia and Montenegro T. amtalensis (158118 158120)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) T. almtalensis (109701 117050 117053)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Serbia and Montenegro T. amtalensis (158094 158113)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Austria T. almtalensis (99797)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Hungary T. almtalensis (81053)
Illyrian - Fassanian247.2 - 235.0Turkey T. sp. (130988)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Slovakia T. sp., T. alpina, T. almtalensis (23867)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Germany T. sp. (67653)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Austria (Kärnten) T. sp., T. alpina (81063)