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Sagenina

Dryorhizopsidae

Taxonomy
Sagenina is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Dendrophryinae by Cushman (1927); to Dryorhizopsidae by Loeblich and Tappan (1988); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Sagenina Cushman p. 14
1988Sagenina Loeblich and Tappan
2002Sagenina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAstrorhizaceaBrady 1881
familyDryorhizopsidaeLoeblich and Tappan 1984
genusSagenina

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedsubo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: infaunalsubo
Diet: detritivoresubo
Created: 2007-11-25 07:07:30
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:15:32
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 242.00000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Hungary S. sp. (99503 99504)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Marshall Islands S. sp. (43339)