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Epistomina

Nodosariata - Robertinida - Epistominidae

Taxonomy
Epistomina is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Siphonininae by Cushman (1927); to Epistomininae by Loeblich and Tappan (1984); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
E. eocenica, E. ramonensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. arcana, E. australis, E. caracolla, E. ornota

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Epistomina Cushman p. 77
1984Epistomina Loeblich and Tappan
2002Epistomina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classNodosariata
orderRobertinida
RankNameAuthor
suborderRobertinina
superfamilyRobertinaceaReuss 1850
familyEpistominidaeWedekind 1937
subfamilyEpistomininaeWedekind 1937
genusEpistomina

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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†Epistomina eocenica Cushman and Hanna 1927
†Epistomina ramonensis Cushman and Kleinpell 1934
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: herbivoref
Created: 2009-05-20 05:24:52
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:24:52
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order
References: Loeblich and Tappan 1984, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliensbachian to the top of the Zanclean or 189.60000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (96 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Spain E. conica (73768)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Spain E. conica (73770 73771)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Saudi Arabia E. sp. (45089)
Toarcian - Bajocian182.7 - 168.3Thailand E. sp. (127132 127135)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3Spain E. conica (73772 73786)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Spain E. conica (73745 73746 73773 73774 73788)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Spain E. conica (73775)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Russian Federation (Karachay-Cherkessia) E. arcana (198695)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3France E. sp. (34714)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Spain E. conica (73749 73750 73776 73777 73790 73791)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Egypt E. costifera (99487)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Saudi Arabia E. sp. (48012 48393 48394)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) E. regularis (31054)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Egypt E. parastelligera (99486)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Saudi Arabia E. sp. (46623 47842 47847 47849 47850 48519 48585 48594)
Callovian - Tithonian166.1 - 145.0Papua New Guinea E. sp. (64218 64219)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Spain E. conica (73751 73778)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Saudi Arabia E. sp. (45570 45979)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Algeria E. sp. (45045)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France E. parastelligera (61718) E. parastelligera, E. sp. (61719)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland E. sp. (78599)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Egypt E. depressa, E. parastelligera (99488)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Saudi Arabia E. sp. (45575 45576 45577)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Algeria E. sp. (85907)
Early/Lower Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Czech Republic E. sp. (202901)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Russian Federation E. reticulata (2456)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Ukraine E. ornota, E. caracolla (162310)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Russian Federation E. caracolla (65744)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4South Africa E. australis, E. caracolla (70654 70655 70657 70658 70659 70660 70661) E. australis, E. caracolla, E. sp. D (70662 70663) E. australis, E. sp. D, E. caracolla (70682) E. caracolla (70541) E. caracolla, E. australis (70985)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Germany E. caracolla (64981 76933 76934) E. caracolla, E. ornata (50181)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0South Africa E. caracolla (70690 70692 70693 70694 70701)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Germany E. caracolla (76937 76939)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Germany E. caracolla (76950)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Germany E. hechti (76979)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Mexico (Baja California) E. cretosa (1891)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Spain E. sp. (145184)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Romania E. carpenteri, E. chapmani (91389)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Tunisia E. sp. (56815 56816)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) E. charlottae (65738) E. lacunosa (65704 65727)
Early/Lower Turonian - Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Tanzania (Lindi) E. spp. (179314)
Early/Lower Turonian - Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Tanzania (Lindi) E. spp. (179309 179312 179313)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) E. sp. (123412)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Canada (Nova Scotia) E. eocaemca (141893)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (California) E. eocenica (185234)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) E. elegans (166744)