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Pseudopolymorphina

Nodosariata - Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae

Taxonomy
Pseudopolymorphina was named by Cushman and Ozawa (1928) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Polymorphinidae by Bertels (1964) and Wienrich (1997); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
P. addoensis, P. ligua, P. novangliae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Pseudopolymorphina Cushman and Ozawa
1964Pseudopolymorphina Bertels p. 153
1997Pseudopolymorphina Wienrich p. 59
2002Pseudopolymorphina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classNodosariata
RankNameAuthor
orderPolymorphinida
familyPolymorphinidaed'Orbigny 1839
genusPseudopolymorphinaCushman and Ozawa 1928

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. Pseudopolymorphina Cushman and Ozawa 1928
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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 Valanginian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 140.20000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4South Africa P. addoensis (70985)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0South Africa P. colchesterensis (70684 70685 70693 70694 70695)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) P. subnodosa (62882 62883)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) P. incerta, P. ovalis (62884)
Early/Lower Miocene - Miocene23.03 - 5.333Canada (Nova Scotia) P. sp. (141888)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) P. subnodosa (62899 62903 62945 62953)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) P. incerta (62946) P. obscura (61898) P. subnodosa (61895 61896 61899 61900 61902 61903 62880 62886 62887 62889 62892 62895 63028) P. subnodosa, P. incerta (61906 62885) P. subnodosa, P. ovalis (61904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) P. novangliae (57705)