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Cassidulinidae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7753765	https://www.gbif.org/species/7753765
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	103771	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=103771

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Cassidulinidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Foraminifera : Cassidulinidae

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
family	Cassidulinidae

Scientific Name

Cassidulinidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cassidulinidae	family	belongs to Foraminiferida	stated without evidence	Wienrich, 1997
Cassidulinidae	family	belongs to Rotaliina	stated with evidence	Kiessling, 2009

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

5 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

122 - 112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

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)

G. Wienrich. 1997. Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Band 1 Foraminiferen, Anthozoen. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden 1:1-187

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Anticleina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Burseolina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Cassandra genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		61	55.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Cassidulinella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cassidulinitella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassidulinoides genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	13.8 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Cassidulita genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cassisphaerina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ceratobulimina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		49	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Ehrenbergina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Evolvocassidulina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Favocassidulina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Globocassidulina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		54	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Heterocassidulina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Islandiella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Lernella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Lernina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orthoplecta genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracassidulina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Pseudocassidulinoides ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Reissia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rosaella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Smyrnella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spiniferella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stichocassidulina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Subsidebottomina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Takayanagia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1997	Cassidulinidae Wienrich p. 77
2009	Cassidulinidae Kiessling

References

Wienrich G. (1997) Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Band 1 Foraminiferen, Anthozoen., Backhuys Publishers, Leiden 1, 1-187

Kiessling W. (2009) Taxonomic vetting of messy data in the Paleobiology Database

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

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

Holzmann, M.; Pawlowski, J. (2017). An updated classification of rotaliid foraminifera based on ribosomal DNA phylogeny. Marine Micropaleontology. - 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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