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Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina

Globigerinidae

Taxonomy
Globigerina seminulina was named by Schwager (1866). It is the type species of Sphaeroidinellopsis.

It was recombined as Sphaeroidinella seminulina by Kennett (1973); it was recombined as Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina by Kennett and Srinivasan (1983), Haig (2012) and Lam and Leckie (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Globigerina seminulina Schwager
1973Sphaeroidinella seminulina Kennett
1983Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina Kennett and Srinivasan
2012Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina Haig
2020Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina Lam and Leckie

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
superfamilyGlobigerinoideaCarpenter et al. 1862
RankNameAuthor
familyGlobigerinidaeCarpenter et al. 1862
genusSphaeroidinellopsisBanner and Blow 1959
speciesseminulina(Schwager 1866)

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
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 Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 7.24600 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (62 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333East Timor Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina (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 Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina (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 Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina (202214)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina (51591)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588East Timor Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina (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) Sphaeroidinellopsis seminulina (42119)