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Biloculina

Taxonomy
Biloculina was named by d'Orbigny (1826). It is extant. It was considered unknown by d'Orbigny (1826).

It was assigned to Hauerinidae by d'Orbigny (1826); to Miliolidae by Cushman (1927); and to Foraminiferida by Kiessling (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Biloculina d'Orbigny
1927Biloculina Cushman p. 35
2003Biloculina Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
RankNameAuthor
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
genusBiloculinad'Orbigny 1826

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.

G. Biloculina d'Orbigny 1826
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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 Paleocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 58.70000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0India (Meghalaya) B. sp. (214602 215198)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Iraq (Kurdistan) B. sp. (215170 215753 215754)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8India B. sp. (193458)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Iraq (Sulaimani) B. sp. (215745 215746 215747 215748 215749 215750 215751)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6India (Meghalaya) B. sp. (214563)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) B. bulloides (145345)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain B. sp. (69812)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) B. depressa (222979)