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Saccammina

Saccamminidae

Taxonomy
Saccammina was named by Sars in Carpenter (1869) [Sepkoski's age data: S Wenl R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Saccamminidae by Morlotti (1988); to Saccammininae by Cushman (1927) and Loeblich and Tappan (1988); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
S. sphaerica
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. elongata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Saccammina Sars in Carpenter
1927Saccammina Cushman p. 11
1988Saccammina Loeblich and Tappan
1988Saccammina Morlotti p. 276
2002Saccammina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAmmodiscoidea(Reuss 1862)
familySaccamminidaeBrady 1884
subfamilySaccammininaeBrady 1884
genusSaccamminaSars in Carpenter 1869

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. Saccammina Sars in Carpenter 1869
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†Saccammina sphaerica Huang et al. 2019
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedg
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: infaunalsubo
Diet: detritivoresubo
Created: 2007-11-25 06:28:53
Modified: 2007-11-25 08:28:53
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Loeblich and Tappan 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 364.70000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (68 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7USA (Montana) S. sp. (643)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) S. aspera (217102)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Lithuania S. elongata (46158) S. rotunda (46160) S. rotunda, S. elongata (45952 46144 46159)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) S. elongata (46175 46177)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Russian Federation (Karachay-Cherkessia) S. sp. 1 (198692 198695)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4South Africa S. sp. (70545 70987)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0South Africa S. sp. (70686 70698 70700)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Canada (Alberta) S. alexanderi (71365 71366 71369 71370 71371 71375 71377 71688 71692 71693 71694 71695 71696 71700 71702 71705 71706 71707 71710 71711) S. alexanderi, S. complanata (71689) S. alexanderi, S. globosa (71372 71376) S. alexanderi, S. lathrami (71368)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (Alberta) S. alexanderi, S. globosa (71363) S. globosa (71364)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Canada (Alberta) S. alexanderi (71358)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Italy S. sp., S. placenta (91387)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Nova Scotia) S. sp. (141910)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Spain S. placenta (154088 154089)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain S. placenta (154096 154098 154099) S. placenta, S. spp. (154097 154100 154103 154104 154105 154106)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71Taiwan (N/A) S. sphaerica (208352 208353 208354 208360 208361 208362 208363 208539)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Taiwan (N/A) S. sphaerica (208550 208557 208558 208560)