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Palmula

Nodosariata - Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae

Taxonomy
Palmula was named by Lea (1833) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani T Mi-m]. Its type is Palmula quadratus.

It was assigned to Nodosariidae by Bertels (1964); to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Vaginulinidae by Kiessling (2003) and Albright et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Palmula Lea
1964Palmula Bertels p. 147
2002Palmula Sepkoski
2003Palmula Kiessling
2007Palmula Albright et al. p. 1051

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classNodosariata
RankNameAuthor
orderVaginulinida
familyVaginulinidaeReuss 1860
genusPalmulaLea 1833

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. †Palmula Lea 1833
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†Palmula budensis Hantken 1875
†Palmula howei Loeblich and Tappan 1941
†Palmula toulmini Ten Dam and Sigal 1950
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 Pliensbachian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 190.80000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (80 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Spain P. maior (73765)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Germany P. liasica (33518)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Spain P. maior (73733 73782) P. maior, P. obonensis (73766)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Spain P. flabellina, P. maior, P. obonensis (73735 73768) P. maior (73737 73767) P. obonensis, P. zitteli (73783)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Germany (Bavaria) P. clathrata, P. nucleata (51275)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Germany (Bavaria) P. zitteli, P. nucleata (51270)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain P. obonensis (73784)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Spain P. flabellina (73771) P. flabellina, P. maior, P. obonensis, P. zitteli (73738 73741) P. flabellina, P. obonensis, P. zitteli (73770) P. obonensis, P. zitteli (73742)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Spain P. zitteli (73785)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3Spain P. flabellina (73786) P. flabellina, P. maior, P. obonensis, P. zitteli (73743 73744) P. flabellina, P. zitteli (73772)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Spain P. flabellina, P. maior, P. obonensis (73745 73746) P. flabellina, P. maior, P. obonensis, P. zitteli (73773 73787) P. flabellina, P. zitteli (73774) P. zitteli (73788)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Spain P. zitteli (73747 73748 73775 73789)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Spain P. flabellina (73790) P. flabellina, P. maior, P. obonensis (73749 73776) P. flabellina, P. maior, P. obonensis, P. zitteli (73750) P. flabellina, P. zitteli (73777) P. maior (73791)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Spain P. flabellina (73778) P. zitteli (73751)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France P. sp. (61718)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland P. deslongchampsi (78598)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Poland P. deslongchampsi (78625 78626) P. deslongchampsi, P. sp. (78618) P. sp. (78621)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Tunisia P. limbata (56813)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Japan P. sp. (28176)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (78586)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (78587 78588)
Piripauan85.8 - 83.5New Zealand P. sp. A, P. sp. B (63092)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1New Zealand P. sp. A (63093)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Tunisia P. primitiva (57321 57324 57325 57334 57338 57339 57341 57342 57343 57344 57345 57346 57347 57350 57351 57352 57354 57357 57358 57359 57361 57363 57365 57366 57368)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) P. howei (231295)