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Boultonia

Boultoniidae

Taxonomy
Boultonia was named by Lee (1927) [Sepkoski's age data: P Asse-u P Guad-l Sepkoski's reference number: 145]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Boultoniinae.

It was assigned to Schubertellidae by Ho (1957); to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); to Boultoniinae by Skinner and Wilde (1954), Zhang (1982) and Kobayashi and Altiner (2008); and to Boultoniidae by Leven (1995) and Okuyucu (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Boultonia Lee
1954Boultonia Skinner and Wilde p. 438
1957Boultonia Ho
1982Boultonia Zhang p. 148
1995Boultonia Leven p. 237
2002Boultonia Sepkoski
2008Boultonia Kobayashi and Altiner p. 198
2009Boultonia Okuyucu p. 39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderFusulinina(Wedekind 1937)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFusulinoidea(Möller 1878)
familyBoultoniidae()
genusBoultoniaLee 1927

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. †Boultonia Lee 1927
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†Boultonia cheni Ho 1956
†Boultonia europaea Kochansky-Devide 1973
†Boultonia guadalupensis Skinner and Wilde 1954
†Boultonia heezeni Thompson and Hansen 1954
†Boultonia willsi Lee 1927
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-25 09:17:40
Modified: 2007-11-25 11:17:40
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1984

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Capitanian or 303.70000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (109 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Slovenia B. europaea (129351 129354)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Tajikistan B. sp. (131059)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Turkey B. willsi (129375 129376 129396)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Austria B. europaea (129231 129232)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Greenland B. sp. (132170 132171)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Turkey B. cheni (113841 113843 113848 113849 113850 113852 113853 113855 114019 114020) B. sp. (129631)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Tajikistan B. sp. (130561 130563 130568 130574 130578 130912 130916 130922 130923 130929 130942 130944 130948 130949 130950 130954 130964 130965 130969 130970 130972) B. willsi (130925 130937)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Slovenia B. europaea (129355 129356) B. sp. (129313 129315)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Austria B. willsi (129244 129247 129248 129249 129253 129254 129256 129280 129281 129307)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Nevada) B. heezeni (115963 115964)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Jiangsu) B. willsi (128218)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Turkey B. cheni (114021 114022 114023 114024 114025 114026 114027 114028 114030 114032 114033 114034 114036 114037 114038 114039 114041 114042 114043 114044 114045) B. sp., B. cheni (114029)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Turkey B. cheni (201390) B. sp. (201388 201389)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Austria B. willsi (129292)
Artinskian - Wordian290.1 - 264.28Oman B. sp. (116855)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) B. guadalupensis (128219 128220)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Tajikistan B. sp. (182688)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Afghanistan B. sp. (81405 81406)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8China (Xinjiang) B. sp. (123272)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Canada (British Columbia) B. sp. (95218)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Indonesia B. sp. (75571)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy B. sp. (75474)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Japan B. sp. (128967)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Oman B. sp. (97216)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Azerbaijan B. avushensis, B. ogbinensis, B. sp. (110593) B. avushensis, B. sp. (110635) B. ogbinensis (110711) B. ogbinensis, B. avushensis (110607) B. ogbinensis, B. avushensis, B. sp. (110712) B. sp. (110592)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Armenia B. ogbinensis, B. avushensis, B. sp. (110743) B. ogbinensis, B. willisi, B. sp., B. avushensis (110742) B. sp. (110744 110769)