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Cyclammina clarki

Lituolida - Lituolidae

Taxonomy
Nonionina clarki was named by Hanna (1923). Its type specimen is UCMP 30693 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 3573 - NW of Vacaville, which is in a Ypresian offshore shale in California.

It was recombined as Cyclammina clarki by Sullivan (1962).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Nonionina clarki Hanna
1962Cyclammina clarki Sullivan p. 251 figs. Pl 2, fig 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
orderLituolida
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyLituoloidea
familyLituolidaede Blainville 1825
genusCyclamminaBrady 1876
speciesclarki()

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.

†Cyclammina clarki Hanna 1923
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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 Ypresian to the top of the Oligocene or 56.00000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Nonionina clarki (type locality: 201621)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (California) Cyclammina clarki (185214 185215 185216 185217)