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Muricohedbergella

Hedbergellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Muricohedbergella Huber and Leckie

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderGlobigerininaDelage and Herouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyRotaliporaceaSigal 1958
familyHedbergellidaeLoeblich and Tappan 1961
genusMuricohedbergella

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. †Muricohedbergella Huber and Leckie 2011
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. T. Huber and R. M. Leckie 2011Test wall moderately thick, multilamellar, finely perforate, wall pores variably spaced in adult chambers, surface moderately to coarsely muricate or pustulose, never with a keel, raised sutures or imperforate peripheral margin. Test small to moderate in size, coiled in a very low to low trochospire, spiral side evolute, umbilical side mostly involute; chambers globular, never elongated radially, increasing slowly to moderately in size, with 4.5–7 in the final whorl; aperture a low interiomar- ginal, umbilical-extraumbilical arch that is bordered by a thick lip or flap that may extend partly into the umbilical region.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubo
Environment: marinesubo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: planktonicsubo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-25 07:28:24
Modified: 2007-11-25 09:28:24
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Turonian to the top of the Campanian or 93.50000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0South Atlantic (Falkland Islands) M. sp. (219902)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Indian Ocean (Exmouth Plateau) M. sp. (219904)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Italy (Verona) M. simplex (144507)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Chile M. portsdownensis (231969 231970 231971 231972 231973 231976)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Israel (Southern District) M. holmdelensis (220176)