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Miliammina

Lituolida - Rzehakinidae

Taxonomy
Miliammina was named by Heron Allen and Earland [Sepkoski's age data: K Berr R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Miliamminidae by Heron-Allen and Earland (1930); to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); to Ammodiscidae by Neagu and Cirnaru (2004); and to Rzehakinidae by Loeblich and Tappan (1988) and Carignano (2012).

Species lacking formal opinion data
M. valdensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Miliammina Heron-Allen and Earland
1988Miliammina Loeblich and Tappan
2002Miliammina Sepkoski
2004Miliammina Neagu and Cirnaru p. 279
2012Miliammina Carignano

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
RankNameAuthor
orderLituolida
familyRzehakinidaeCushman 1923
genusMiliamminaHeron Allen and Earland

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. Miliammina Heron Allen and Earland
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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 Kimmeridgian to the top of the Tortonian or 157.30000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Egypt M. valdensis (99488)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4South Africa M. latrobei (70669 70670 70671) M. sp. (70543)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Romania M. rude (91390)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Canada (Alberta) M. manitobenesis (71365 71368 71369 71371 71372 71375) M. manitobenesis, M. awunensis (71376 71377) M. manitobensis (71685 71688 71689 71691 71693 71694 71695 71697 71698 71699 71700 71701 71702 71703 71704 71705 71706 71707 71708 71709 71710 71711) M. manitobensis, M. ischnia (71692)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) M. sp. (231990)
Middle Miocene - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Peru M. fusca (176144 176158 176161)