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Turrilinoidea

NB This site is under active development, current content in the main database is primarily from Bolli et al 1994, Hayward et al. 2012, Holbourn et al. 2013, Holbourn and Kaminski 1997, Alegret & Thomas 2001, and Katz et al. 2003. It is intended to expand and develop this to provide rather comprehensive coverage of Mesozoic and Cenozoic deep-sea benthic foraminifera.


Classification: bf_main -> Rotaliana -> Turrilinoidea
Sister taxa: Asterigerinoidea, Bolivinitoidea, Bolivinoidea, Buliminoidea, Cassidulinoidea, Chilostomelloidea, Discorbinelloidea, Discorboidea, Eouvigerinoidea, Loxostomatoidea, Nonionoidea, Planorbulinoidea, Rotalioidea, Siphoninoidea, Turrilinoidea
Daughter taxa (time control age-window is: 0-800Ma)Granddaughter taxa
Biedafranciszkina

Biedafranciszkina polonica
Biedafranciszkina sp.

Eubuliminella

Eubuliminella exilis
Eubuliminella sp.

Neobulimina

Neobulimina aspera
Neobulimina canadensis
Neobulimina irregularis
Neobulimina primitiva
Neobulimina sp.

Praebulimina

Praebulimina carseyae
Praebulimina elata
Praebulimina kickapooensis
Praebulimina kickapooensis subsp. pingua
Praebulimina lajollaensis
Praebulimina nannina
Praebulimina petroleana
Praebulimina reussi
Praebulimina wyomingensis
Praebulimina sp.

Pseudouvigerina

Pseudouvigerina naheolensis
Pseudouvigerina plummerae
Pseudouvigerina sp.

Sitella

Sitella colonensis
Sitella cushmani
Sitella sp.

Stainforthia

Stainforthia concava
Stainforthia fusiformis
Stainforthia sp.

Turrilina

Turrilina alsatica
Turrilina brevispira
Turrilina robertsi
Turrilina sp.

Taxonomy

Citation: Turrilinoidea Cushman, 1927
Taxonomic rank: superfamily

Catalog entries: Turrilinoidea

NB These concise distinguishing features statements are used in the tables of daughter-taxa to act as quick summaries of the differences between e.g. species of one genus.
They are being edited as the site is developed and comments on them are especially welcome.

Description


Wall composition:
calcareous-hyaline

Search data:
Final whorl chambers: ->0
The morphological data given here can be used on the advanced search page. See also these notes

Biogeography and Palaeobiology


Biostratigraphic distribution

Geological Range:
Last occurrence (top): Extant. Data source: Total of range of species in this database
First occurrence (base): within Cretaceous Period (66.04-143.10Ma, base in Berriasian stage). Data source: Total of range of species in this database

Plot of occurrence data:
NB The ranges given for genera and higher taxa are the total ranges of species included in that taxon in this database - so the true total range of the taxon will usually be longer

References:

Cushman, J. A. (1927d). An outline of a re-classification of the foraminifera. Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research. 3(1): 1-105. gs O

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