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Sphaeroidinellopsis

Globigerinidae

Taxonomy
Sphaeroidinellopsis was named by Banner and Blow (1959) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l-u T Plio-l]. It is not extant. Its type is Globigerina seminulina.

It was assigned to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Globigerinidae by Snyder et al. (1983), Gibson (1983) and Lam and Leckie (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Sphaeroidinellopsis Banner and Blow
1983Sphaeroidinellopsis Gibson p. 368
1983Sphaeroidinellopsis Snyder et al. p. 465
2002Sphaeroidinellopsis Sepkoski
2020Sphaeroidinellopsis Lam and Leckie

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyGlobigerinoideaCarpenter et al. 1862
familyGlobigerinidaeCarpenter et al. 1862
genusSphaeroidinellopsisBanner and Blow 1959

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. †Sphaeroidinellopsis Banner and Blow 1959
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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 Altonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 19.00000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (70 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand S. disjuncta (77491)
Altonian - Opoitian19.0 - 3.6New Zealand S. disjuncta (45667)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Cape Verde S. sp. (92734)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Tanzania (Lindi) S. disjuncta (179884)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333East Timor S. seminulina, S. kochi, S. paenedehiscens (141950 142383 142384 142385 142386 142407 142408 142411 142412 143222 143223 143224 143225 143226 143227 143228)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6East Timor S. seminulina, S. kochi, S. paenedehiscens (142387 142388 142409 142410 142413 142661 142662 142663 142664 142665 142666 142667 142668 143229 143230 143231 143232 143233 143234 143235 143236 143237)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Tanzania S. seminulina (202214)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) S. subdehiscens (52582) S. subdehiscens, S. seminulina (51591)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (Virginia) S. subdehiscens (58986)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Siena) S. sp. (45497)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588East Timor S. kochi, S. paenedehiscens (142980) S. seminulina, S. kochi, S. paenedehiscens (142976 142977 142979 142981 142982 142986 142987 142988 142989 143238 143239 143240 143241 143242 143243 143244 143245 143246 143247 143248 143249)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Egypt (Al Buhayrah) S. seminulina (42119)