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Whiteinella archaeocretacea

Marginotruncanidae

Taxonomy
Whiteinella archaeocretacea was named by Pessagno (1967). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Whiteinella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Whiteinella archaeocretacea Pessagno p. 298

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
superfamilyGlobigerinaceae(Carpenter et al. 1862)
RankNameAuthor
familyMarginotruncanidae
genusWhiteinella
speciesarchaeocretacea

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.

Whiteinella archaeocretacea Pessagno 1967
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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 Cenomanian to the top of the Turonian or 99.60000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (73 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom Whiteinella archaeocretacea (57476 57477 57478 57479 57480 57481 57482 57483 57484 57485 57486 57487 57488 57489 57490 57491 57492 57493 57494 57495 57496 57497 57498 57499 57500 57501 57502 57503 57504 57505 57506 57507 57508 57509 57510 57511 57512 57513 57514 57515 57516 57518 57519 57521 57522 57523 57524 57525 57526 57527 57529 57530 57532)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Whiteinella archaeocretacea (138416 138417)
Late/Upper Cenomanian - Late/Upper Turonian99.6 - 89.3Tanzania (Lindi) Whiteinella archaeocretacea (179874)
Middle Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian99.6 - 89.3Tanzania (Lindi) Whiteinella archaeocretacea (179885)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt Whiteinella archaeocretacea (138420 138421)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8United Kingdom Whiteinella archaeocretacea (57533 57534 57535)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Colombia Whiteinella archaeocretacea (46997 46998)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Tanzania (Lindi) Whiteinella archaeocretacea (179875)
Early/Lower Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Tanzania (Lindi) Whiteinella archaeocretacea (179314)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Egypt Whiteinella archaeocretacea (138418 138419)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Tanzania (Lindi) Whiteinella archaeocretacea (179309 179312 179313 179882)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Egypt Whiteinella archaeocretacea (138422)