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Asteroarchaediscus

Archaediscidae

Taxonomy
Asteroarchaediscus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Archaediscidae by Kiessling (2003).

Species lacking formal opinion data
A. bachkiricus, A. baschkiricus, A. pustulus, A. rugosus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Asteroarchaediscus Sepkoski
2003Asteroarchaediscus Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderFusulinina(Wedekind 1937)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyArchaediscaceaCushman 1928
familyArchaediscidaeCushman 1928
genusAsteroarchaediscus

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-25 09:17:40
Modified: 2007-11-25 11:17:40
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Asbian to the top of the Bashkirian or 340.00000 to 315.20000 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asbian340.0 - 336.0Belgium A. sp. (76655)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0Ireland A. sp. (76713 78347)
Asbian - Brigantian340.0 - 330.9Morocco A. pustulus (134932)
Chesterian - Arnsbergian335.5 - 323.7USA (Wyoming) A. bachkiricus, A. sp. (5737) A. sp. (5738 5740 5741)
Chesterian - Alportian335.5 - 321.8USA (Wyoming) A. sp. (5720)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2France A. baschkiricus, A. rugosus, A. pustulus, A. borealis (76632)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2Uzbekistan A. baschkiricus (169212)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Wyoming) A. bachkiricus (5732) A. bachkiricus, A. sp. (5672 5673 5674 5675 5677 5681 5682 5728 5730 5731) A. sp. (5729)
Bashkirian323.2 - 315.2Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) A. rugosus (129098 129107 129108 129111 129113 129115) A. rugosus, A. baschkiricus (129101 129102 129103 129104 129106 129109 129110 129112 129114 129116 129117)
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Wyoming) A. sp. (5678 5734)