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Woodringina

Heterohelicidae

Taxonomy
Woodringina is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Heterohelicidae by Loeblich and Tappan (1957); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Woodringina Loeblich and Tappan
2002Woodringina Sepkoski

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

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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Woodringina claytonensis Loeblich and Tappan 1957
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: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Tunisia W. hornerstownensis (57230 57409 57414)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Egypt W. claytonensis (57447 57448 57466 57467 57471) W. hornerstownensis, W. claytonensis (57449 57450 57451 57452 57453 57454 57455 57456 57457 57458 57459 57460 57461 57462 57463 57464 57468 57469 57470 57472 57473 57474 57475)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Texas) W. sp. (211503 211507)