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Murciella

Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Rhapydioninidae

Taxonomy
Murciella is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Rhapydioninidae by Loeblich and Tappan (1988); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Murciella Loeblich and Tappan
2002Murciella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classTubothalamea
RankNameAuthor
orderMiliolidaLankester 1885
suborderMiliolinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
familyRhapydioninidaeKeijzer 1945
genusMurciella

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. †Murciella
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitesubo
Environment: hypersaline, marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Life habit: epifaunalsubo
Diet: deposit feedersubo
Created: 2007-09-19 08:15:21
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:26:11
Source: subo = suborder
Reference: Beavington-Penney and Racey 2004

Age range: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Campanian or 89.80000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian93.9 - 66.0Croatia (Dalmatia) M. cuvillieri (162711)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Albania M. cuvillieri (74611)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Slovenia M. cuvillieri (163423)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia) M. cuvillieri (13286)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Italy M. curvilleri (82393)