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Astrorhizidae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7747923	https://www.gbif.org/species/7747923
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	147614	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=147614

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Monothalamea : Astrorhizida : Astrorhizidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Foraminifera : Astrorhizidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Rhizaria
phylum	Retaria	Cavalier-Smith 1999
phylum	Foraminifera
family	Astrorhizidae	Brady 1881

Scientific Name

Astrorhizidae

Name Published In

Brady, H. B. (1881). Notes on some of the Reticularian Rhizopoda of the "Challenger" Expedition. Part III. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. (2) 21 (81): 31-71.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Astrorhizidae	family	belongs to Foraminifera	stated with evidence	Harlton, 1933
Astrorhizidae	family	belongs to Astrorhizacea	stated without evidence	Loeblich and Tappan, 1988
Astrorhizidae	family	belongs to Textulariina	stated without evidence	Kiessling, 2004

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

11 (73%)

First Recorded Appearance

439 - 433 Ma
Silurian

Motility

stationary (based on Foraminifera)

Diet

omnivore (based on Foraminifera)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

W. Kiessling. 2004. Ecology opinions.

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Astrorhizinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		1	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Vanhoeffenellinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Arenistella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astrorhiza genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	260 Ma Permian	0 Ma Extant
Astrorhizoides genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Clados genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cylindrammina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cystingarhiza genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dendrophyra genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Globodendrina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hyperamminoides ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	323 Ma Carboniferous	172 Ma Middle Jurassic
Pelosina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Pelosphaera genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Radicula genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Testulosiphon genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1881	Astrorhizidae Brady
1933	Astrorhizidae Harlton p. 8
1988	Astrorhizidae Loeblich and Tappan
2004	Astrorhizidae Kiessling

References

Kiessling W. (2004) Ecology opinions

Harlton B. H. (1933) Micropaleontology of the Pennsylvanian Johns Valley shale of the Ouachita Mountains, Oklahoma, and its relationship to the Mississippian Caney shale, Journal of Paleontology 7 1, 3-29

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

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

Asioli, A. (1995). Living (stained) benthic Foraminifera distribution in the western Ross Sea (Antarctica). Paleopelagos. 5: 201-214. - via World Register of Marine Species

Brady, H. B. (1881). Notes on some of the Reticularian Rhizopoda of the "Challenger" Expedition. Part III. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. (2) 21 (81): 31-71. - via World Register of Marine Species

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

Kaminski, M.A. (2000) The Year 2000 Classification of the Agglutinated Foraminifera. 237 In: Bubík, M. & Kaminski, M.A. (eds), 2004. Proceedings of the Sixth International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera. Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication 8, 237-255 - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

ERMS (2008) The European Register of Marine Species (www.marbef.org/data/erms.php -- uppdateras kontinuerligt) - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

WoRMS (2013) Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

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 Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

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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