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Acervulinidae

Globothalamea - Loftusiida - Acervulinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Acervulinidae Schultze
1984Acervulinidae Loeblich and Tappan
1992Acervulinidae Plaziat and Perrin
2012Acervulinidae Margerel
2022Acervulinidae Robinson and Cunningham p. 863

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classGlobothalamea
RankNameAuthor
orderLoftusiidaKaminski and Mikhalevich 2000
superfamilyLoftusoideaBrady 1884
familyAcervulinidaeSchultze 1854
familyAcervulinidaeSchultze 1854

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.

Fm. †Acervulinidae Schultze 1854
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G. †Aberisphaera Wan 1991
G. Discogypsina Silvestri 1937
G. †Globogypsinoides Robinson and Cunningham 2022
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†Globogypsinoides browardensis Robinson and Cunningham 2022
G. Gypsina Carter 1877
G. Planogypsina Bermúdez 1952
G. Sphaerogypsina Galloway 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitef
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Comments: Mineralogy based on Perrin (2009)f
Created: 2012-10-30 00:15:50
Modified: 2012-10-29 08:16:32
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Tithonian to the top of the Holocene or 150.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 145.0 Ma

Collections (147 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Acervulina sp. (31283)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Austria Gypsina sp. (74488 74489)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain Acervulina ogormani (74557)
Danian66.0 - 61.6China (Tibet) Sphaerogypsina sp. (215945)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Italy Acervulina sp. (24269)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Croatia Acervulinidae indet. (87251)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0China (Tibet) Sphaerogypsina sp. (215936 215938 215943 215949)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Iran (Liam) Acervulina sp. (214681)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Italy Acervulina ogorman (24270)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Turkey Gypsina linearis (155381)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Iraq (Sulaimani) Sphaerogypsina sp. (215745 215746 215747 215748 215749 215750 215751)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8India (Meghalaya) Aberisphaera sp. (215010 215011 215012 215013 215014 215015 215016 215017 215018 215020 215021 215022)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6India (Meghalaya) Acervulina sp. (214563)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Maldives (Gaafaru) Gypsina sp. (214810 214813 214815)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy (Veneto) Acervulina sp. (180312)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Iran Sphaerogypsina globula (226728)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Iraq (Kurdistan) Sphaerogypsina globula (215109) Sphaerogypsina globulus (215076 215077 215078 215110 215112)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Iraq (Sulaymaniyah) Sphaerogypsina globulus (215164)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Hungary Acervulina sp., Sphaerogypsina globula (171633)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain Sphaerogypsina globula (34481 165574)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy Acervulina linearis (147703) Acervulina linearis, Gypsina globula (151433) Acervulina linearis, Gypsina globula, Gypsina mastelensis (13354) Acervulina linearis, Gypsina globula, Gypsina mastelensis, Gypsina moussaviani (151434) Sphaerogypsina sp. (147704)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Romania (Transylvania) Acervulina linearis (216387 216388 221545)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain Acervulina linearis, Gypsina sp. (152582 152583 152584)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Tonga Gypsina globula (43006)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Greece Acervulina inhaerens (3338)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Hungary Gypsina sp., Sphaerogypsina sp. (69699)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Florida) Gypsina globula (61112 61115 61116 61118) Sphaerogypsina globula (73586)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy (Vicenza) Sphaerogypsina sp. (151437)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Iran Sphaerogypsina sp. (138868 138869)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy Acervulinidae indet. (214135)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Spain Sphaerogypsina sp. (147590)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Italy (Calabria) Sphaerogypsina globula (9116 9117)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Indonesia Gypsina sp. (61740)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Italy Sphaerogypsina sp. (36244)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Malaysia Discogypsina sp. (204642)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia Sphaerogypsina globulina (70939)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Acervulina mabahethi, Sphaerogypsina globulus (77654)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Corsica) Acervulina sp., Gypsina sp. (222488 222489 222490 222494) Gypsina plana (222491)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Egypt Gypsina vesicularis (147618 147619 147620) Gypsina vesicularis, Gypsina globulus (147624)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Cyprus Sphaerogypsina sp. (223596)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Malaysia Gypsina globulus (165770)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Austria Acervulina sp. (146225 146229) Sphaerogypsina sp. (146231)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Gypsina globulus (167299)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Egypt Acervulina sp. (34873)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Australia (Goldifelds-Esperance) Gypsina sp. (222542)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Cuba Gypsina sp., Sphaerogypsina sp. (232852)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Romania Acervulinidae indet. (198870 198873)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Cyprus Sphaerogypsina sp. (223602)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Turkey Gypsina plana (69903)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Italy (Pescara) Sphaerogypsina sp. (222521 222522 222523 222524)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Gypsina globulus (166810)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Cape Verde Acervulina sp. (92734)
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Jamaica Gypsina sp. (146171)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Acervulinidae indet. (69922 69923)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain Acervulina mabaheti (69812) Gypsina sp. (34433)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Antigua and Barbuda Gypsina globulus, Acervulinidae indet. (198642)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6New Zealand Acervulina inhaerens (73307)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Provinz Siena) Sphaerogypsina sp. (138092 138093)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Egypt Acervulina inhaerens, Gypsina vesicularis, Gypsina globulus (147632) Gypsina globulus (147636 147637)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Acervulina inhaerens (80954)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Hawaii) Gypsina sp. (105531)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan Acervulina inhaerens (81066) Acervulina sp. (81065)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129New Caledonia Sphaerogypsina globula (89431)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Barbados Gypsina plana (148824)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Hawaii) Gypsina sp. (105528)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy Acervulina inhaerens (173351 173352)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Jordan Gypsina sp. (82754)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117New Caledonia Acervulina sp., Sphaerogypsina globula (109502)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mayotte Acervulina inhaerens (89249)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece Gypsina sp. (88773 88774)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Gypsina sp. (105526)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Acervulina inhaerens (80962)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Gypsina plana (97610)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mayotte Acervulina sp. (96924)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Barbados Gypsina plana (148714)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Acervulina sp. (56802 56803 56804 56805)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Pernambuco) Acervulinidae indet. (97706)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) Acervulina inhaerens (222395 222397)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia Acervulina inhaerens (97463)