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Massilina

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7759926	https://www.gbif.org/species/7759926
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	1819	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=1819

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Miliolida : Hauerinidae : Massilina

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Foraminferea : Miliolida : Hauerinidae : Massilina

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
class	Foraminferea	Lee 1990
order	Miliolida	Lankester 1885
suborder	Miliolina	Delage and Hérouard 1896
superfamily	Miliolacea	Ehrenberg 1839
family	Hauerinidae	Schwager 1876
subfamily	Hauerininae	Schwager 1876
genus	Massilina	Schlumberger 1893

Scientific Name

Massilina Schlumberger, 1893

Name Published In

Mém. Soc. Zool. France, 6

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Massilina	genus	belongs to Miliolidae	stated without evidence	Gibson, 1983
Massilina	genus	belongs to Hauerininae	stated without evidence	Loeblich and Tappan, 1988
Massilina	genus	belongs to Foraminiferida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

170 - 168 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Environment

hypersaline,marine (based on Miliolina)

Motility

stationary (based on Miliolina)

Diet

deposit feeder (based on Miliolina)

Taphonomy

high Mg calcite (based on Miliolina)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Decussoloculina barbui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Decussoloculina granumlentis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Decussoloculina mirceai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina agglutinans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina alexandriaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina arta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina bantamensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina bikiniensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina brodiei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina cedrosensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina columbiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina concisa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina cookei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina crenata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina crescentensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina cristobaliana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina crusta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina decorata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina demissa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina differens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina disgrega species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina dispar species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina diversa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina dobrogiaca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina dorsetensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina durhami species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina durrandi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina elegans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina esconditoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina excentrica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina ginginensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina glabricostata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina glutinosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina goniopleura species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina guadalupensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina gualtieriana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina gunteri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina hachijensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina hechti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina hongkongensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina hoodensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina humblei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina humilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina implexa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina inaffecta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina incisa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina infracretacea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina intermedia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina jurassica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina kosyunensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina kuldharensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina laevigata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina ludbrookae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina macsotayi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina magna species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina mansfieldi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina marylandica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina mauricensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina misrensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina murgeanui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina nakkadyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina nolascoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina obliquestriata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina occlusa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina ostroviana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina ovalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina pagoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina panamensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina panayensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina paronai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina patula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina penglaiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina pernambucensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina peruviana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina placida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina planata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina planispiroidea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina planoconvexa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina plummerae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina pratti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina prominens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina protea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina pseudoclara species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina pulcherrima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina pulchra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina pyristoma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina quadrans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina redcliffensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina reginaldi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina robustior species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina ruggierii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina rumana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina rustica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina sadeki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina sanluisensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina secans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina sigmoidea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina simulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina socorroensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina spinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina stuckeyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina subaequalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina subtenuistriata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina suezensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina sulphurbayensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina tangolaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina tenuissima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina texasensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina timorensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina vulgaris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Massilina yazooensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Decussoloculina Neagu, 1984	GBIF	genus	Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Miliolida : Hauerinidae : *Decussoloculina*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1893	Massilina Schlumberger
1983	Massilina Gibson p. 368
1988	Massilina Loeblich and Tappan
2002	Massilina Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Gibson T. G. (1983) Key foraminifera from upper Oligocene to lower Pleistocene strata of the central Atlantic coastal plain, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 53, 355-453

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

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

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. - via World Register of Marine Species

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/J.J. Lee et al., 2000 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

Mém. Soc. Zool. France, 6 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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