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Murgeina

Nautiloculinidae

Taxonomy
Murgeina is a genus. It is not extant.

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

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyLituolaceaLamarck 1809
familyNautiloculinidaeLoeblich and Tappan 1985
genusMurgeina

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. †Murgeina
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedsuperf
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: infaunalsubo
Diet: detritivoresubo
Created: 2007-11-25 08:31:19
Modified: 2007-11-25 10:31:19
Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1988, Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1984

Age range: Santonian or 86.30000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Italy (Benevento) M. apula (162615)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Italy (Salerno) M. apula (162652)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Italy (Naples) M. apula (162646 162649)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Italy (Salemo) M. apula (162621)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Italy (Apulia) M. apula (162655)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Italy (Frosinone) M. apula (162614 162625)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Italy (Goggia) M. apula (162662)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Italy (Latium) M. apula (162643)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Italy (Rome) M. apula (162613)