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Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina)

Lepidocyclinidae

Taxonomy
Nephrolepidina was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina) by Cushman (1922).

It was assigned to Lepidocyclina by Cushman (1922); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Lepidocyclina (Nephrolepidina) Cushman p. 138
2002Nephrolepidina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderRotaliinaDelage and Herouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyOrbitoidaceaSchwager 1876
familyLepidocyclinidaeScheffen 1932
genusLepidocyclina
subgenusNephrolepidina

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
Composition: low Mg calcitesubo
Environment: outer shelf, marinesubo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-09-19 08:26:03
Modified: 2007-09-19 10:26:03
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Messinian or 37.20000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Costa Rica Lepidocyclina chaperi (179808)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Panama Lepidocyclina chaperi (42488 42492)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Costa Rica Lepidocyclina vaughani (179810)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Malta (Northern Region) Nephrolepidina praemarginata (221493 222469 222471 222475 222476 222479 222480 222485)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Italy Nephrolepidina praemarginata (25371 25372) Nephrolepidina sp. (211276 211277)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France (Aquitaine) Nephrolepidina sp. (88795)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Turkey (Denizli) Nephrolepidina sp. (88771)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia Lepidocyclina sumatrensis, Lepidocyclina sp. (70939)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Nephrolepidina chavarana, Nephrolepidina sp. (77654)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan Lepidocyclina sp. (155183)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy (Agrigento) Nephrolepidina sp. (214985)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Indonesia Nephrolepidina ferreroi, Nephrolepidina sp. (164740 168746)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Cyprus Nephrolepidina sp. (223596 223597)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Indonesia Nephrolepidina sp., Nephrolepidina ferreroi (164741)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Indonesia Nephrolepidina ferreroi (164752)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan Nephrolepidina japonica (191446)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Japan (Shizuoka) Nephrolepidina japonica (176546)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Indonesia Nephrolepidina rutteni (168772)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Indonesia Nephrolepidina rutteni (168782)