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Turrilinidae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7509331	https://www.gbif.org/species/7509331
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	241013	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=241013

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Turrilinidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Foraminifera : Turrilinidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Rhizaria
phylum	Retaria	Cavalier-Smith 1999
phylum	Foraminifera
suborder	Rotaliina	Delage and Herouard 1896
superfamily	Turrilinacea	Cushman 1927
family	Turrilinidae	Cushman 1927

Scientific Name

Turrilinidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Turrilinidae	family	belongs to Turrilinacea	stated without evidence	Margerel, 2012

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (100%)

Environment

outer shelf,marine (based on Rotaliina)

Motility

stationary (based on Rotaliina)

Diet

omnivore (based on Foraminifera)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Rotaliina)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J.-P. Margerel. 2012. Benthic foraminifers of saint Félix (le Gosier, Guadeloupe).

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cuneus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Eubuliminella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Floresina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Neobulimina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Parkiella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praebulimina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		233	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pseudouvigerina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pyramidina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Rectobulimina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Sitella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Sporobulimina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Sporobuliminella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Turrilina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	38.0 Ma Eocene	23.0 Ma Miocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1927	Turrilinidae Cushman
2012	Turrilinidae Margerel

References

Margerel J.-P. (2012) Benthic foraminifers of saint Félix (le Gosier, Guadeloupe)

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 60-75 - 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

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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