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Guembelitria cretacea

Heterohelicidae

Taxonomy
Guembelitria cretacea was named by Cushman (1933).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Guembelitria cretacea Cushman
1967Guembelitria cretacea Pessagno p. 258
1970Guembelitria cretacea Bertels pp. 27-28
2007Guembelitria cretacea Keller et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
superfamilyGlobigerinaceae(Carpenter et al. 1862)
RankNameAuthor
familyHeterohelicidaeCushman 1927
subfamilyGuembelitriinae
genusGuembelitria
speciescretaceaCushman 1933

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.

Guembelitria cretacea Cushman 1933
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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 Maastrichtian to the top of the Danian or 72.10000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (219 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (Texas) Guembelitria cretacea (211326 211344 211345 211346 211347 225659 225660 225661 225662 225663 225668)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Egypt (Nile Valley) Guembelitria cretacea (3590 3592)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Egypt Guembelitria cretacea (57369 57370 57371 57372 57373 57374 57375 57376 57377 57378 57379 57380 57381 57382 57383 57384 57385 57386 57387 57388 57389 57390)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Tunisia Guembelitria cretacea (57233 57234 57235 57236 57237 57238 57239 57240 57241 57391 57392 57393 57394 57395 57396 57398 57399 57400 57401 57402 57404 57405 57406 57420 57421 57422 57423 57424 57425 57427 57591 57592 57593 57594 57595 57596 57597 57598 57599 57600 57601 57602 57603 57604 57605 57606 57662 57663 57664 57665 57666 57667 57668 57669 57670 57671 57672 57673)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Egypt (Nile Valley) Guembelitria cretacea (3589 3591 3593 3594)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) Guembelitria cretacea (232656 232657 232658 232660 232662)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0New Zealand (South Island) Guembelitria cretacea (106757)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Egypt Guembelitria cretacea (57295 57296 57297 57298 57299 57300 57301 57302 57303 57304 57305 57306 57307 57308 57309 57310 57311 57312 57313 57314 57315 57316 57444 57445 57446 57447 57448 57449 57450 57451 57452 57453 57454 57455 57456 57458 57459 57461 57462 57463 57464 57465 57466 57467 57468 57469 57470 57471 57474 57475)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Tunisia Guembelitria cretacea (57222 57223 57224 57225 57226 57227 57228 57229 57230 57231 57232 57242 57243 57244 57245 57246 57247 57248 57249 57250 57251 57252 57253 57254 57255 57256 57257 57258 57407 57408 57409 57410 57411 57412 57413 57414 57415 57416 57417 57418 57419 57575 57576 57577 57578 57579 57580 57581 57582 57583 57584 57585 57586 57587 57588 57589 57590)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Texas) Guembelitria cretacea (211348 211349 211500 211501 211502 211503 211505 211507 211509)