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Nodosaria

Nodosariata - Nodosariida - Nodosariidae

Taxonomy

Nodosaria was named by Lamarck (1812) [Sepkoski's age data: J Toar-l R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Foraminifera by Holmes (1860); to Nodosariidae by Bertels (1964), Gibson (1983) and Loeblich and Tappan (1988); to Lagenidae by Dorreen (1948) and Wienrich (1997); to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Nodosariinae by Cushman (1927), Mailhe et al. (1967) and Carignano (2012).

Species

N. affinis, N. anomala, N. consobrina, N. crassitesta, N. ewaldi, N. hispida, N. holserica, N. latejugata, N. longiscata, N. longissima, N. obtusa, N. parexilis, N. pyrula, N. radicula, N. raphanus, N. sagitta, N. soluta, N. vertebralis

Species lacking formal opinion data

N. acera, N. brevis, N. byfieldensis, N. cassiana, N. cubanica, N. farcimen, N. farcimeniformis, N. grandis, N. hoi, N. hortensis, N. kolymica, N. minuta, N. mirabilis, N. mutabilis, N. netschajewi, N. obscura, N. ochotica, N. ovoides, N. perlata, N. phobytica, N. piricamerata, N. planocamerata, N. prima, N. pugoidea, N. riyadhensis, N. scherpi, N. setulosa, N. simplex, N. spandeli, N. suchonensis, N. tcherdynzevi, N. tcherdyzevi, N. tenuiseptata, N. thuringica, N. yishanensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1812	Nodosaria Lamarck
1860	Nodosaria Holmes p. 1
1927	Nodosaria Cushman p. 46
1948	Nodosaria Dorreen p. 288
1964	Nodosaria Bertels p. 137
1967	Nodosaria Mailhe et al. p. 25
1983	Nodosaria Gibson p. 368
1988	Nodosaria Loeblich and Tappan
1997	Nodosaria Wienrich p. 48
2002	Nodosaria Sepkoski
2012	Nodosaria Carignano

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Chromista	Cavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdom	Rhizaria	()
phylum	Foraminifera	(Eichwald 1830)
class	Nodosariata

Rank	Name	Author
order	Nodosariida
superfamily	Nodosarioidea	Ehrenberg 1838
family	Nodosariidae	Ehrenberg 1838
genus	Nodosaria	Lamarck 1812

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. Nodosaria Lamarck 1812

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†Nodosaria affinis Reuss 1845

†Nodosaria anomala Reuss 1866

†Nodosaria consobrina Bagg 1905

†Nodosaria crassitesta Schwager 1866

†Nodosaria ewaldi Reuss 1851

†Nodosaria hispida d'Orbigny 1846

†Nodosaria holserica Schwager 1866

†Nodosaria latejugata Gümbel 1870

†Nodosaria longiscata d'Orbigny 1846

†Nodosaria longissima Suleimanov 1949

†Nodosaria obtusa Holmes 1860

†Nodosaria parexilis Cushman and Stewart 1930

†Nodosaria parexilis sentifera Cushman and Parker 1931

Nodosaria pyrula d'Orbigny 1826

†Nodosaria radicula Linnaeus 1767

†Nodosaria raphanus Brady 1884

†Nodosaria sagitta Miklukho-Maklay 1954

Nodosaria soluta Reuss 1851

†Nodosaria vertebralis Brady 1884

Invalid names: Orthocera Breynius 1832 [objective synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Entire body:

yesg

Adult length:

0.1 to < 1.0g

Adult width:

0.1 to < 1.0g

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Life habit:

semi-infaunalf

Diet:

omnivoreo

Comments:

BODY SIZE: Data from Dorreen (1948), based on specimens of Nodosaria crassitesta and Nodosaria hispida.g

Created:

2009-09-02 19:51:45

Modified:

2009-09-02 21:51:45

Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order

References: Dorreen 1948, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Brigantian to the top of the Holocene or 336.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 330.9 Ma

Collections (519 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Brigantian	336.0 - 330.9	United Kingdom (England)	N. radicula (73420)
Gzhelian	303.7 - 298.9	Greenland	N. sp. (132173)
Gzhelian - Asselian	303.7 - 295.5	Russian Federation	N. sp. (75611)
Asselian - Sakmarian	298.9 - 290.1	Russian Federation (Bashkortostan)	N. sp. (75594)
Artinskian	290.1 - 279.3	Turkey	N. sp. (201387 201389)
Artinskian	290.1 - 279.3	Mongolia	N. sp. (116246)
Kungurian	279.3 - 272.3	Australia (Queensland)	N. raggatti (214547 214548 214565) N. raggatti, N. springsurensis (214549)
Kungurian	279.3 - 272.3	Mongolia	N. kolymica (116270)
Murgabian	273.01 - 267.0	Italy	N. longissima (75029)
Roadian	272.3 - 268.8	Iran	N. sp. (112913 112923 112928 112929 211684)
Roadian	272.3 - 268.8	Thailand	N. sp. (128238)
Roadian	272.3 - 268.8	Slovenia	N. sp. (36241)
Roadian	272.3 - 268.8	Russian Federation	N. elabugae, N. netschajewi, N. hexagona, N. saggita, N. krotowi, N. farcimeniformis, N. noinskii, N. pseudoconcinna (197914) N. farcimen (197601) N. hexagona (197913) N. longissima (102395) N. netchajevi, N. krotovi (197598) N. omolonica, N. kolymica, N. heragona, N. lata, N. bogatirovi, N. netschajewi, N. krotovi, N. farcimeniformis (102396) N. sp. (197624 197915) N. suchonensis (197600)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	Italy	N. sp. (75474)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	Armenia	N. falcata (97391) N. pugoidea (110804)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	Tunisia (Madanin)	N. sp. (42091)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Barentsøya)	N. krotovi, N. farcimen (212888)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	Azerbaijan	N. ustritskii, N. ochotica, N. farcimeniformis (94935)
Wordian	266.9 - 264.28	Russian Federation	N. krotovi (197763) N. netschajewi, N. krotovi (117264) N. suchonensis (197534) N. suchonensis, N. hexagona, N. elabugae (197762)
Capitanian	264.28 - 259.51	Azerbaijan	N. falcata (110880) N. longissima (110870 110871) N. mirabilis (110872) N. sp. (110593 110675 110712 110713)