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Asterigina

Taxonomy
Asterigina is a genus.

It was assigned to Foraminiferida by Cornée et al. (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Asterigina Cornée et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
RankNameAuthor
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
genusAsterigina

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
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 Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Oligocene or 58.70000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8French Guiana A. texana (209437 209438)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy (Vicenza) A. rotula (138115)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Indonesia A. tentoria (61740)