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Glomospirella shengi

Ammodiscidae

Taxonomy
Glomospirella shengi was named by Ho (1959).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Glomospirella shengi Ho p. 413 figs. Pl 5, figs 20-25
2013Glomospirella shengi Kolar-Jurkovšek et al. p. 218 fig. 5G,H

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
suborderTextulariinaDelage and Hérouard 1896
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAmmodiscoidea(Reuss 1862)
familyAmmodiscidaeReuss 1862
genusGlomospirellaPlummer 1945
speciesshengiHo 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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedg
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: herbivoref
Created: 2007-11-25 06:15:45
Modified: 2007-11-25 08:15:45
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1988

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Rhaetian or 259.90000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Iran (Abadeh) Glomospirella shengi (63894)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Russian Federation (Sakha) Glomospirella shengi (206755 206757)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Russian Federation (Sakha) Glomospirella shengi (206761 206763)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Slovenia Glomospirella shengi (154676 154678 154680 154681)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Papua New Guinea Glomospirella shengi (67687)