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Ammobaculites

Lituolida - Lituolidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Ammobaculites Cushman
1927Ammobaculites Cushman p. 19
1949Ammobaculites Asano p. 474
1988Ammobaculites Loeblich and Tappan
2002Ammobaculites Sepkoski
2004Ammobaculites Neagu and Cirnaru p. 280
2012Ammobaculites Carignano

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
orderLituolida
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyLituoloidea
familyLituolidaede Blainville 1825
subfamilyAmmomarginulininaePodobina 1978
genusAmmobaculitesCushman 1910

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. Ammobaculites Cushman 1910
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Ammobaculites cambayensis Govindan and Bhandari 1988
Ammobaculites cubensis Cushman and Bermudez 1937
Ammobaculites subcretaceus Cushman and Alexander 1930
Ammobaculites wallalensis Crespin 1963
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: agglutinatedg
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-25 06:00:50
Modified: 2007-11-25 08:00:50
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Loeblich and Tappan 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 358.90000 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 352.0 Ma

Collections (450 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0USA (Indiana) A. leptos (6734)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) A. pyriformis (8070 8071) A. sp. (557)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2France A. sarbaicus, A. horridus (76632)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Texas) A. stenomeca, A. spp. (217080)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) A. sp. (8632 8634 8635 8636 8637 8638 8639 8640 8641 8642 8643 8644 8645 8646 8647 8649 8650 8651)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Austria A. sp. (49710)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) A. sp. (219017 219018 219019) A. stenomeca, A. spirans, A. recta, A. powersi (217237)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) A. stenomecus (217121)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Nebraska) A. stenomecus (217126 217127)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) A. sp. (95188 95189 95190 95192 95193 95194 95205 95216)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Australia (Queensland) A. sp. (214546 214549)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) A. eiseli (46173) A. eiseli, A. rectus (46172) A. rectus (46174)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Lithuania A. eiseli, A. rectus (45952 46159 46160) A. rectus (46158)
Zechstein259.51 - 254.14Greenland A. spp. (31424)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2Russian Federation A. sp. (214558)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2Romania A. radstadtensis, A. duncani (216984 216985)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Turkey A. sp. (73816 98012)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Austria A. sp. (45426 67646)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Italy A. radstadtensis (67717) A. sp. (49915)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Austria A. wirzi (99797)