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Robulus

Nodosariata - Nodosariida - Nodosariidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1808Robulus Montfort
1927Robulus Cushman p. 46
1948Robulus Dorreen p. 288

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classNodosariata
RankNameAuthor
orderNodosariida
superfamilyNodosarioideaEhrenberg 1838
familyNodosariidaeEhrenberg 1838
genusRobulusMontfort 1808

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. †Robulus Montfort 1808
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†Robulus adelinensis Keijzer 1945
†Robulus alabamensis Ansary 1955
†Robulus alatolimbatus Guembel 1868
†Robulus antipodum Stache 1864
†Robulus arcuatostriatus Hantken 1868
Robulus calcar Linnaeus 1758
†Robulus chiranus Cushman and Stone 1947
†Robulus chitanii Ansary 1955
†Robulus clericii Fornasini 1895
†Robulus clericii acies Cushman and Renz 1947
†Robulus clypeiformis d'Orbigny 1846
†Robulus cultratus Montfort 1808
†Robulus deformis Reuss 1851
†Robulus gyroscalprum Stache 1864
†Robulus inornatus d'Orbigny 1846
†Robulus insuetus Cushman and Stainforth 1947
†Robulus kincaidi Beck 1943
†Robulus limbosus Reuss 1863
†Robulus limbosus hockleyensis Cushman and Applin 1926
†Robulus mayi Cushman and Parker 1931
†Robulus midwayensis Plummer 1926
†Robulus nikobarensis Schwager 1866
†Robulus propinquus Hantken 1873
†Robulus simplex d'Orbigny 1846
†Robulus terryi Coryell and Embich 1937
†Robulus trompi Ansary 1955
†Robulus vortex Fichtel and Moll 1798
†Robulus warmani Barbat and von Estorff 1933
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-05-20 05:37:00
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:37:00
Source: f = family, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 72.10000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (53 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (California) R. sp., R. inornatus (108392)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Puerto Rico R. sp. (87547)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Missouri) R. midwayensis (232057) R. rosettus (232025) R. rosettus, R. midwayensis (232027 232028)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) R. mexicanus (52621) R. mexicanus, R. inornatus (52620)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Nigeria R. sp. (77257)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Egypt Lenticulina trompi (239106)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Washington) R. texanus, R. sp. (43340)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (California) R. welchi (42869)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Egypt Lenticulina alabamensis, Lenticulina trompi (239107) Lenticulina trompi (239109)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (California) R. sp., R. alatolimbatus, R. clericii, R. clypeiformis, R. inornatus, R. insuetus, R. kincaidi, R. terryi (185234)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Egypt Lenticulina trompi (239108 239110)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Ecuador R. coaledensis, R. chiranus (42868) R. fossilis, R. chiranus (42812)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia R. sp. (103544)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (California) R. arcuatostriatus, R. propinquus, R. simplex, R. warmani (185216) R. arcuatostriatus, R. propinquus, R. warmani (185217) R. arcuatostriatus, R. simplex, R. warmani (186038) R. propinquus, R. warmani (185215)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) R. mayi, R. nikobarensis (91374)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Costa Rica R. sp. (143215)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Lenticulina vortex (62884)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Lenticulina clypeiformis (62960) Lenticulina clypeiformis, Lenticulina vortex (62903) Lenticulina simplex (62899 62940 62961) Lenticulina vortex (62938)
Otaian - Altonian21.7 - 15.9New Zealand R. sp. (146596)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Lenticulina clypeiformis (61895 61906 62880 62881) Lenticulina clypeiformis, Lenticulina simplex, Lenticulina vortex (61901) Lenticulina clypeiformis, Lenticulina vortex (62879) Lenticulina simplex (62885) Lenticulina vortex (61899 62867 62886 62889)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Ecuador R. americanus (90851)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) R. americanus, R. iotus, R. vaughani (94810)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Florida) R. iotus (94805)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Romania R. calcar (38594)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6New Zealand R. sp. (73307)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ecuador R. americanus (90839)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Pakistan R. sp., R. sp. B, R. sp. C (77293)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) R. americanus (60929)