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Trochospira

Taxonomy
Trochospira is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Trochospira Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
RankNameAuthor
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
genusTrochospira

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
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 Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Coniacian or 105.30000 to 86.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6China (Xizang) T. sp. (61398)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lebanon (Kesrouâne) T. sp. (86185)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Morocco T. avnimelechi (67619)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Jordan T. avnmimelechi (148296)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Turkey (Antalya) T. avnimelechi (161558)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Albania T. avnimelechi (74611)