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Virgulina

Buliminidae

Taxonomy
Virgulina was named by d'Orbigny (1826).

It was assigned to Virgulininae by Cushman (1927); and to Buliminidae by Wienrich (1997).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Virgulina d'Orbigny
1927Virgulina Cushman p. 68
1997Virgulina Wienrich p. 66

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyBuliminoideaJones 1875
familyBuliminidae
genusVirgulinad'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. †Virgulina d'Orbigny 1826
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Virgulina bramlettei Galloway and Morrey 1929
Virgulina californiensis Cushman 1925
Virgulina dibollensis Cushman and Applin 1926
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 Cenomanian to the top of the Zanclean or 99.60000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt V. navarroana (141572)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Missouri) V. naheolensis (232028)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6India (Andhra Pradesh) V. dubia (46388)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Nigeria V. schreibersiana (60711)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (California) V. bramlettei, V. dibollensis (185234)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (California) V. bramlettei (185215 185217)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (Louisiana) V. vicksburgensis (44521)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) V. pertusa (62882 62883)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) V. bramlettrei (91374)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) V. pertusa (62884)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) V. pertusa (62932 62936 62939 62943 62952 62964)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) V. pertusa (62947) V. schreibersiana, V. pertusa (62887)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) V. fusiformis, V. pontoni, V. miocenica (94810)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) V. squamosa (145345)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama V. squamosa (93172)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) V. fusiformis (52582)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ecuador V. cornuta (90838)