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Spirillinidae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7788494	https://www.gbif.org/species/7788494
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	112300	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=112300

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Spirillinida : Spirillinidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Foraminifera : Spirillinidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Rhizaria
phylum	Retaria	Cavalier-Smith 1999
phylum	Foraminifera
suborder	Spirillinina	Hohenegger and Piller 1975
family	Spirillinidae	Reuss and Fritsch 1861

Scientific Name

Spirillinidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Spirillinidae	family	belongs to Spirillinina	stated with evidence	Loeblich and Tappan, 1984
Spirillinidae	family	belongs to Involutinina	stated without evidence	Margerel, 2012

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (27%)

First Recorded Appearance

318 - 315 Ma
Carboniferous

Motility

stationary (based on Foraminifera)

Diet

omnivore (based on Foraminifera)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Spirillinina)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

A. R. Loeblich and H. Tappan. 1984. Suprageneric classification of the Foraminiferida (Protozoa). Micropaleontology 30(1):1-70

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Neotrocholininae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		2	170 Ma Middle Jurassic	170 Ma Middle Jurassic
Conicospirillina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		18	176 Ma Early Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Hungarillina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	170 Ma Middle Jurassic	170 Ma Middle Jurassic
Mychostomina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Praepatellina ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Radiospirillina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	170 Ma Middle Jurassic	170 Ma Middle Jurassic
Sejunctella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spirilliconus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spirillina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		101	318 Ma Carboniferous	0 Ma Extant
Spirotrocholina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Tethysiella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turrispirillina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	242 Ma Middle Triassic	0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1861	Spirillinidae Reuss and Fritsch
1984	Spirillinidae Loeblich and Tappan
2012	Spirillinidae Margerel

References

Loeblich A. R., Tappan H. (1984) Suprageneric classification of the Foraminiferida (Protozoa), Micropaleontology 30 1, 1-70

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

Patterson, D. (2001). Platypus checklist of Protoctista - via World Register of Marine Species

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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