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Fissurina

Buliminidae

Taxonomy
Fissurina was named by Reuss (1850) [Sepkoski's age data: K Apti-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 959]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Bulimininae by Bertels (1964); to Ellipsolagenidae by Kiessling (2003); and to Ellipsolageninae by Reuss (1850), Margerel (2009) and Margerel (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Fissurina Reuss
1923Ellipsolagena Silvestri
1927Ellipsolagena Cushman p. 72
1964Fissurina Bertels p. 158
2003Fissurina Kiessling
2009Fissurina Margerel p. 590
2012Fissurina Margerel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
superfamilyBuliminoideaJones 1875
RankNameAuthor
familyBuliminidae
subfamilyBulimininae
genusFissurina

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. Fissurina Reuss 1850
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Fissurina annectens Burrows and Holland 1895
Fissurina laevigata Buchner 1940
Fissurina lucida Williamson 1848
Fissurina orbignyana Seguenza 1862
Fissurina perforata Mobius 1880
Fissurina strigolata McCulloch 1977
Fissurina tibiscencis Popescu 1983
Invalid names: Ellipsolagena Silvestri 1923 [synonym]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Turonian to the top of the Holocene or 93.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 89.3 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Tanzania (Lindi) F. sp. (179314)
Piripauan85.8 - 83.5New Zealand F. marylandica (63092)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (British Columbia) F. orbignyana (91077)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Tunisia F. orbignyana (57332 57341 57342 57345 57349 57367)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Spain F. spp. (154088 154089)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain F. spp. (154090 154096)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6India (Andhra Pradesh) F. laevigate (46388)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Tonga F. sp. (43006)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany (Baden-Württemberg) F. sp. (68021)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Austria F. buchneri, F. corrosa, F. marginata (99160)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India F. globosa (77654)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand F. kerguelenensis (77488)
Otaian - Altonian21.7 - 15.9New Zealand F. kerguelenensis (77489)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand F. kerguelenensis (77491)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Ellipsolagena bidens (94810)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6New Zealand F. quadrata (73307)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) F. laevigata (91902)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) F. castanea, F. sp. (74987)