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Minchinellidae

Calcarea - Calcaronea - Minchinellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Minchinellidae Dendy and Row
2004Minchinellidae Finks et al. p. 753
2015Minchinellidae Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 392
2015Minchinellidae Vacelet p. 296

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classCalcareaBowerbank 1864
orderCalcaroneaBidder 1898
RankNameAuthor
orderLithonidaDoederlein 1892
familyMinchinellidaeDendy and Row 1913
familyMinchinellidaeDendy and Row 1913

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.

Fm. †Minchinellidae Dendy and Row 1913
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G. †Bactronella Hinde 1884
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†Bactronella incrustans Finks et al. 2011
†Bactronella womblei Finks et al. 2011
G. Minchinella Kirkpatrick 1908
G. Monoplectroninia Pouliquen and Vacelet 1970
G. Petrostroma Doederlein 1892
G. Plectroninia Hinde 1900
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†Plectroninia pertusa Finks et al. 2011
G. †Porosphaera Steinmann 1878
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†Porosphaera adhaerens Brünnich Nielsen 1929
†Porosphaera galeata Stolley 1892
†Porosphaera globularis Phillips 1829
†Porosphaera plana Stolley 1892
G. †Porosphaerella Welter 1911
G. †Retispinopora Brydone 1912
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†Retispinopora tuberculata Hampton 1957
G. †Sagittularia Welter 1911
G. Tulearinia Vacelet 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-09 18:44:44
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:44:44
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Messinian or 161.20000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 157.3 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Canada (Nova Scotia) Porosphaera sp. (67976)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany (Bavaria) Muellerithalamia extensus (25411)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Canada (Nova Scotia) Porosphaera sp. (67977)
Early/Lower Aptian - Late/Upper Aptian121.4 - 113.0France Petrostroma lobata (58115)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Porosphaera sp., Porosphaera globularis (85020)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3United Kingdom (England) Retispinopora tuberculata (113005)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3France Porosphaera sp. (59650)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Early/Lower Santonian89.3 - 83.5France Porosphaera sp. (59612)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6France Porosphaera globularis (3788) Porosphaera sp. (3737)
Middle Santonian - Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5France Porosphaera sp. (59652)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1France Porosphaera globularis (3789)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6France Porosphaera sp. (59584)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Porosphaera globularis (112628)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Poland Porosphaera globularis (110120 110329 197779 197780 197781 197782 197783 197791 197792 197793 197853)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany Porosphaera globularis (64128 64131 64142 64153)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Poland Porosphaera globularis (197795)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6United Kingdom (Ireland) Petrostroma sp., Porosphaera globularis (197336)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Poland Porosphaera globularis (197794 197810)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Porosphaera woodwardi, Porosphaera nuciformis, Porosphaera globularis, Porosphaera galeata, Porosphaera plana, Porosphaera adhaerens (32022)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark Porosphaera adhoerens, Porosphaera aplanata, Porosphaera universalis, Porosphaera umbonata, Porosphaera foliata (89866)
Danian66.0 - 61.6France Porosphaera globularis (20816)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) Bactronella incrustans (5437) Bactronella womblei (5386) Bactronella womblei, Bactronella incrustans (5378) Plectroninia pertusa, Bactronella womblei, Bactronella incrustans (5376 119414)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain Plectroninia sp. (56687)