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Spiroplectammina

Spiroplectamminidae

Taxonomy
Spiroplectammina was named by Cushman (1927) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Spiroplectammininae by Cushman (1927); to Spiroplectamminidae by Morlotti (1988); to Textulariidae by Bertels (1964), Gibson (1983) and Wienrich (1997); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Spiroplectammina Cushman p. 23
1964Spiroplectammina Bertels
1983Spiroplectammina Gibson p. 368
1988Spiroplectammina Morlotti p. 280
1997Spiroplectammina Wienrich p. 20
2002Spiroplectammina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
RankNameAuthor
familySpiroplectamminidaeCushman 1927
genusSpiroplectammina

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. Spiroplectammina Cushman 1927
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Spiroplectammina biformis Parker and Jones 1876
Spiroplectammina carinata d'Orbigny 1846
Spiroplectammina eocenica Cushman and Barksdle 1930
Spiroplectammina laevis Roemer 1841
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedg
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-25 06:31:41
Modified: 2007-11-25 08:31:41
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1988, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Moscovian to the top of the Calabrian or 315.20000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (221 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Texas) S. clavata (217080)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Thailand S. conspecta (131893 131903)
Virgilian303.4 - 298.9USA (Texas) S. clavata, S. castensis (217237)
Sakmarian295.5 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) S. eccentrica (95188 95189 95190 95191 95192 95193 95194 95196 95197 95199 95200 95201 95202 95203 95204 95205 95206 95207 95208 95209 95210 95211 95212 95213 95214 95215 95216)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Australia (Queensland) S. carnarvonensis (214546)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Thailand S. sp. (128238)
Murgabian268.0 - 265.0Italy S. conspecta (75029)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Nevada) S. sp. (100391)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Nevada) S. sp. (100412)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Canada (British Columbia) S. sp. (45379)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Egypt S. biformis (99487)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Germany S. dorni (76939)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Romania S. ammovitrea, S. bernardi (91393) S. subcretacea, S. ammovitrea (91390)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) S. ammovitrea (65712) S. goodlandana (65717)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0South Africa S. laevis (38815)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (Alberta) S. phauloides (87570 87572)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (British Columbia) S. phauloides (87588)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt S. laevis (141572 141573)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Canada (Alberta) S. ammovitrea (71256 71257 71259)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Italy S. multicamerata (214895)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt S. multicamerata, S. biformis (140954)
Early/Lower Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Tanzania (Lindi) S. sp. (179314)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Canada (Alberta) S. ammovitrea (71358 71360 71361 71362)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Germany S. praelonga (74484) S. sp. (74485)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Chile S. laevis (231973)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1New Zealand S. semicomplanata (63094)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (British Columbia) S. grzybowskii, S. sp. A (91077) S. semicomplanata (91078) S. semicomplanata, S. sp. A (91080)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Canada (British Columbia) S. laevis (91081)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Tunisia S. knebeli (57337 57362 57363 57364 57365) S. knebeli, S. spectabillis (57338 57339 57340 57343 57344 57346 57353 57354 57356 57360 57361) S. spectabillis (57321 57322 57323 57324 57325 57326 57327 57328 57329 57330 57331 57332 57333 57334 57335 57336 57345 57347 57348 57349 57350 57355 57357 57359 57366)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Ukraine S. dentata, S. navarroana (91058) S. dentata, S. navarroana, S. exsolata (91060) S. exsolata (91068) S. navarroana (91059 91061 91067) S. navarroana, S. exsolata, S. iskaelskyi (91069) S. spectabilis (91063 91065)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Libya S. esnaensis, S. paleocenica (77235)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Ukraine S. dentata, S. iskaelskyi (91070) S. navarroana (91073)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Russian Federation S. paleocenica (162250)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Spain S. spectabilis, S. navarroana (154089) S. spectabilis, S. navarroana, S. adamsi (154088)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) S. adamski (8025)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Spiroplectoides eocenica (52619 52620 52621)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain S. navarroana (154097 154100 154101) S. spectabilis, S. navarroana (154105) S. spectabilis, S. navarroana, S. adamsi (154090) S. spectabilis, S. navarroana, S. spp. (154104) S. spp. (154099)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Belgium (Vlaanderen) S. adamsi (94039)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain S. alansis (141920 141921)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (California) S. eocenica (185234)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Louisiana/Texas) S. mississippiensis (45017)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Ukraine (Nikopolskyi) S. carinata (183531)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Russian Federation (Adygea) S. carinata (226877)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (Louisiana) S. howei, S. mississippiensis (44521)
Miocene - Oligocene23.03 - 23.03Canada (Nova Scotia) S. carinata (141890)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) S. deperdita, S. carinata (62883) S. pectinata, S. carinata (62882)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) S. kewi, S. coreyi (91372)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) S. mississippiensis (48887)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) S. carinata (62884)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) S. carinata (62899 62929 62931 62932 62933 62934 62938 62939 62941 62952 62953 62957 62958 62959 62960 62961 62962 62964 63024 63025 63030) S. deperdita, S. carinata (62903 62935 62936 62937 62940 62943 62944 62945 62954 62955)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Egypt S. carinata (147620 147621 147623)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Maryland) S. spinosa (70826)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) S. carinata (61895 61896 61897 61898 61899 61900 61902 61903 61904 61905 61906 61907 62879 62880 62886 62887 62889 62891 62892 62895 62947 62948 63028) S. deperdita, S. carinata (61901 62867 62881 62885 62888 62893 62896 62898 62946)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Slovakia S. carinata (89152)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Saudi Arabia S. sp. (34414)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Textularia carinata (145345)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Textularia carinata (166744)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama S. floridana (91912)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Italy S. wrightii (77008)