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Orbiculiformidae

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae

Taxonomy
Orbiculiformidae was named by Pessagno (1973).

It was assigned to Spumellaria by Kiessling (1995); and to Pyloniacea by Zügel (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Orbiculiformidae Pessagno
1995Orbiculiformidae Kiessling
1997Orbiculiformidae Zügel

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyPyloniaceaHaeckel 1881
familyOrbiculiformidaePessagno 1973
familyOrbiculiformidaePessagno 1973

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. †Orbiculiformidae Pessagno 1973
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G. †Orbiculiforma Pessagno 1973
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Orbiculiforma australis Pessagno 1975
Orbiculiforma campbellensis Pessagno 1975
Orbiculiforma goestlingensis Kozur and Mostler 1978
Orbiculiforma hullae Kiessling 1999
Orbiculiforma iniqua Blome 1984
Orbiculiforma kanayamaensis Mizutani 1981
Orbiculiforma lowreyensis Pessagno 1977
Orbiculiforma mclaughlini Pessagno 1977
Orbiculiforma multa Kozlova 1966
Orbiculiforma multifora Pessagno and Poisson 1981
Orbiculiforma plana Hori 1999
Orbiculiforma quadrata Pessagno 1973
Orbiculiforma radiata De Wever 1981
Orbiculiforma renillaeformis Campbell and Clark 1944
Orbiculiforma sakaii Mizutani 1981
Orbiculiforma vacaensis Pessagno 1973
G. †Orbiculiformella Kozur and Mostler 1978
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Invalid names: Orbiculiforma kwunaensis Carter 1988 [objective synonym]
Orbiculiformella mediocircus Gorican et al. 2006
G. †Pseudogodia Tekin 1999
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Pseudogodia deweveri Gorican et al. 2006
Pseudogodia sonmezi Tekin 1999
G. †Spongiostoma Carter et al. 1988
G. Spongostaurus Haeckel 1882
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Spongostaurus australis Kiessling 1999
Spongostaurus compactus Kiessling 1995
Spongostaurus hokkaidoensis Taketani 1982
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicap
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: passively mobilep
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: omnivorep
Created: 2005-01-28 01:13:47
Modified: 2005-01-28 03:13:47
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 1999

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Selandian or 259.90000 to 59.20000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 254.17 Ma

Collections (385 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Thailand Orbiculiformidae indet. (64519)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Thailand (San Kamphaeng) Orbiculiformidae indet. (220608)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) Orbiculiforma sp. (220737 220739)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Sichuan) Orbiculiforma sp. (220731 220732)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Thailand (San Kamphaeng) Orbiculiformidae indet. (220602 220603 220604 220609 220610)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Japan Orbiculiforma sp. (153177 153198 153209 153240)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Thailand Orbiculiformidae indet. (64497 64500 64503 64509 64528)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Turkey Orbiculiforma gazipasaensis (130608) Orbiculiforma gazipasaensis, Pseudogodia sonmezi (130610) Orbiculiforma karnica (130609 130612 130614 130615 130616 130620) Orbiculiforma karnica, Orbiculiforma gazipasaensis (130622) Orbiculiforma karnica, Orbiculiforma gazipasaensis, Pseudogodia sonmezi (130621) Orbiculiforma karnica, Pseudogodia sonmezi (130611 130613 130617 130618 130619)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Turkey Orbiculiforma goestlingensis (130662)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Mexico Orbiculiforma cedrosensis (131145) Orbiculiforma cedrosensis, Orbiculiforma sp. (131143) Orbiculiforma sp. (131141)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Turkey Orbiculiforma gazipasaensis (130635 130636) Orbiculiforma goestlingensis (130630 130641 130645 130646 130647 130648) Orbiculiforma goestlingensis, Pseudogodia sonmezi (130629) Orbiculiforma karnica (130626 130637 130638) Orbiculiforma karnica, Orbiculiforma gazipasaensis (130623 130624 130625)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Austria Praeorbiculiformella goestlingensis (95665)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Turkey Orbiculiforma sp. (75963)
Tuvalian - Lacian232.0 - 215.56Turkey Orbiculiforma vulgaris, Orbiculiforma octogonalis (130689)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Mexico Orbiculiforma cedrosensis, Orbiculiforma sp. (131157 131164)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Cyprus Orbiculiforma goestlingensis (94789 94790) Praeorbiculiformella goestlingensis (73854)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Turkey Orbiculiforma cedrosensis (130692 130709) Orbiculiforma cedrosensis, Orbiculiforma octogonalis (130693) Orbiculiforma cedrosensis, Orbiculiforma octogonalis, Orbiculiforma plana (130696 130697 130698) Orbiculiforma cedrosensis, Orbiculiforma vulgaris, Orbiculiforma octogonalis (130691) Orbiculiforma cedrosensis, Orbiculiforma vulgaris, Orbiculiforma octogonalis, Orbiculiforma plana (130687) Orbiculiforma octogonalis (130686 130700) Orbiculiforma plana (130684) Orbiculiforma sp. A, Orbiculiforma octogonalis (130694)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Nicaragua Orbiculiformella multibrachiata (209712)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Canada (British Columbia) Orbiculiforma multibrachiata (94713 94714 94715 94716 94717 94743 94758 94759 94760 94761 94762 94763 94764)
Aratauran201.4 - 188.9New Zealand (Otago) Orbiculiforma sp. A, Spongostaurus sp. B (196552)