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Keramosphaeridae

Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Keramosphaeridae

Taxonomy
Keramosphaeridae was named by Brady (1884). It is extant.

It was assigned to Foraminifera by Cushman (1927); and to Soritacea by Loeblich and Tappan (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Keramosphaeridae Brady p. 384
1927Keramosphaeridae Cushman p. 58
1988Keramosphaeridae Loeblich and Tappan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classTubothalamea
orderMiliolidaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
suborderMiliolinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
superfamilySoritaceaEhrenberg 1839
familyKeramosphaeridaeBrady 1884
familyKeramosphaeridaeBrady 1884

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.

Fm. Keramosphaeridae Brady 1884
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G. †Kanakaia
G. Keramosphaera Brady 1882
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Thanetian or 85.80000 to 56.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.6 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian93.9 - 66.0Croatia (Dalmatia) Keramosphaerina tergestina (162709)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Italy (Apulia) Keramosphaerina tergestina (162655)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Italy (Rome) Keramosphaerina tergestina (162613)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Italy (Naples) Keramosphaerina tergestina (162646 162649)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Italy (Benevento) Keramosphaerina tergestina (162615)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Italy (Frosinone) Keramosphaerina tergestina (162614 162625)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Italy (Salemo) Keramosphaerina tergestina (162621)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Italy (Latium) Keramosphaerina tergestina (162643)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Italy (Goggia) Keramosphaerina tergestina (162662)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Italy (Salerno) Keramosphaerina tergestina (162652)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Slovenia Keramosphaerina tergestina (163423)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Italy (Lazio) Keramosphaerina tergestina (163231 163249)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0China (Tibet) Keramosphaera sp. (215949)