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Foliotortus spinosus

Taxonomy
Foliotortus spinosus was named by Senowbari-Daryan (1980). It is the type species of Foliotortus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Foliotortus spinosus Senowbari-Daryan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
RankNameAuthor
genusFoliotortus
speciesspinosus

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.

†Foliotortus spinosus Senowbari-Daryan 1980
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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 Lacian to the top of the Norian or 221.50000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Italy (Sicily) Foliotortus spinosus (38319)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Turkey Foliotortus spinosus (67685)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Greece Foliotortus spinosus (24310)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Bosnia and Herzegovina Foliotortus spinosus (73907)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Italy (Sicily) Foliotortus spinosus (38061)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Turkey Foliotortus spinosus (60473)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Italy (Sicily) Foliotortus spinosus (36454)