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Meandrospira

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4904628	https://www.gbif.org/species/4904628
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	1826	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=1826

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Miliolida : Cornuspiridae : Meandrospira

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Foraminferea : Miliolida : Cornuspiridae : Meandrospira

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
class	Foraminferea	Lee 1990
order	Miliolida	Lankester 1885
suborder	Miliolina	Delage and Hérouard 1896
superfamily	Cornuspiroidea
family	Cornuspiridae	Schultze 1854
genus	Meandrospira	Loeblich & Tappan 1946

Scientific Name

Meandrospira Loeblich & Tappan, 1946

Name Published In

Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1946). New Washita Foraminifera. Journal of Paleontology. 20: 238-258.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Meandrospira	genus	belongs to Meandrospirinae	stated without evidence	Loeblich and Tappan, 1988
Meandrospira	genus	belongs to Foraminiferida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Meandrospira	genus	belongs to Cornuspiridae	stated without evidence	Kiessling, 2003

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

299 - 290 Ma
Paleozoic

Environment

hypersaline,marine (based on Miliolina)

Motility

stationary (based on Miliolina)

Diet

deposit feeder (based on Miliolina)

Taphonomy

high Mg calcite

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Meandrospira bancilai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Meandrospira dieneri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Meandrospira djaffaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Meandrospira indica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Meandrospira washitensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Streblospira australae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Streblospira kimberleyensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Streblospira meandrina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Streblospira minima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Streblospira Crespin & Belford, 1957	GBIF	genus	Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Miliolida : Cornuspiridae : *Streblospira*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1988	Meandrospira Loeblich and Tappan
2002	Meandrospira Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Meandrospira Kiessling

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Loeblich A. R., Tappan H. (1988) , Foraminiferal genera and their classification, 1-1728

Kiessling W. (2003) Personal data

Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1946). New Washita Foraminifera. Journal of Paleontology. 20: 238-258. - via World Register of Marine Species

Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/J.J. Lee et al., 2000 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

J. Paleont., 20 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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