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Bulimina elongata

Buliminidae

Taxonomy
Bulimina elongata was named by d'Orbigny (1846). It is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. alsatica, B. leninabadensis, B. tessellata, B. uvigerinaformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Bulimina elongata d'Orbigny
2007Bulimina elongata Ragaini et al. p. 233

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
superfamilyBuliminoideaJones 1875
RankNameAuthor
familyBuliminidae
subfamilyBulimininae
genusBuliminad'Orbigny 1826
specieselongatad'Orbigny 1846

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.

†Bulimina elongata d'Orbigny 1846
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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 Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 28.40000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03North Atlantic Bulimina elongata (121375 121377)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03North Atlantic Bulimina elongata (121376 121378)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Bulimina elongata (62883)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Bulimina elongata (62929 62932 62938 62940 62952 62955 62957 62964 63025 63030)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Chile (Copiapó) Bulimina elongata (223590)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Bulimina elongata (62886 62948 63028)
Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene15.97 - 0.781Chile (Ataccama) Bulimina elongata (221851)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Slovakia Bulimina elongata (89152)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Chile (Atacama) Bulimina elongata (221852)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Bulimina elongata (52582)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Chile (Copiapó) Bulimina elongata (222886)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Bulimina elongata (77008)