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Ammodiscidae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7792666	https://www.gbif.org/species/7792666
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	112199	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=112199

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Spirillinida : Ammodiscidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Foraminifera : Ammodiscidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Rhizaria
phylum	Retaria	Cavalier-Smith 1999
phylum	Foraminifera
suborder	Textulariina	Delage and Herouard 1896
superfamily	Ammodiscoidea
family	Ammodiscidae	Reuss 1862

Scientific Name

Ammodiscidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ammodiscidae	family	belongs to Textulariina	stated without evidence	Gall, 1971
Ammodiscidae	family	belongs to Ammodiscacea	stated without evidence	Loeblich and Tappan, 1988
Ammodiscidae	family	belongs to Ammodiscoidea	stated with evidence	Kobayashi, 2012

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

19 (35%)

First Recorded Appearance

541 - 530 Ma
Cambrian

Motility

stationary (based on Foraminifera)

Diet

herbivore

Ecospace Comments

herbivore or detritivore, epifaunal (phytal)

Taphonomy

agglutinated (based on Textulariina)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

A. R. Loeblich and H. Tappan. 1988. Foraminiferal genera and their classification

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Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ammodiscinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		5	541 Ma Cambrian	0 Ma Extant
Ammovertellinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		355	541 Ma Cambrian	0 Ma Extant
Ammovertellininae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		47	269 Ma Permian	0 Ma Extant
Ammovolummininae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Tolypammininae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		142	530 Ma Cambrian	0 Ma Extant
Usbekistaniinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		2	530 Ma Cambrian	0 Ma Extant
Agathamminoides genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ammodiscella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	345 Ma Carboniferous	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Ammodiscellites genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ammodiscoides genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Ammodiscus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		306	541 Ma Cambrian	0 Ma Extant
Ammovertella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		31	345 Ma Carboniferous	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Ammovertellina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Annectina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Arenomeandrospira genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Arenoturrispirillina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Bifurcammina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dolgenia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Flagrospira ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Gandinella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Glomospira genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		354	541 Ma Cambrian	0 Ma Extant
Glomospirella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		155	439 Ma Silurian	47.8 Ma Eocene
Glomoturritellella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gordiammina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hemidiscella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Hemigordiellina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Miliammina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		43	157 Ma Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Neotolypammina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paulbronnimannella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Paulbronnimannia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pilammina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		25	269 Ma Permian	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pilamminella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		17	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Rectoammodiscus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rectoglomospira ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Rectopilammina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Saturnella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Serpulopsis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	345 Ma Carboniferous	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Spirillinoides genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Spirosolenites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	541 Ma Cambrian	541 Ma Cambrian
Tolypammina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		133	530 Ma Cambrian	156 Ma Jurassic
Turritellella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	530 Ma Cambrian	0 Ma Extant
Usbekistania genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1862	Ammodiscidae Reuss
1971	Ammodiscidae Gall
1988	Ammodiscidae Loeblich and Tappan
1997	Ammodiscidae Gradstein and Kaminski p. 218
2012	Ammodiscidae Kobayashi p. 679

References

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

Gall J.-C. (1971) Faunes et paysages du Grès à Voltzia du Nord des Vosges: Essai paléoécologique sur le Buntsandstein supérieur, Mémoires Service de la Carta Géologique d’Alsace et de Lorraine 34, 1-318

Gradstein F. M., Kaminski M. A. (1997) New species of Paleogene deep-water agglutinated foraminifera from the North Sea and Norwegian Sea, Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae 67, 217-229

Kobayashi F. (2012) Middle and Late Permian foraminifers from the Chichibu belt, Takachiho area, Kyushu, Japan: implications for faunal events, Journal of Paleontology 86 4, 669-687

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

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

Polovodova Asteman, I. (2013) Benthic foraminifera from Gullmar Fjord (Alsbäck). 2 excel files: Forams_for LIFEWATCH_2013-02-21 v2 WORMS-checked again.xlsx; Forams_for LIFEWATCH_2013-02-21 v2.xlsx - 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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