Mississippian Biseriamminaceae and Their Evolutionary Development

Research Article| July 01, 2012 MISSISSIPPIAN BISERIAMMINACEAE AND THEIR EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT Pedro Cózar; Pedro Cózar 3 1Departamento de Geología Sedimentaria y Cambio Medioambiental, Instituto de Geociencias CSIC-UCM, c/José Antonio Novais 2, 28040-Madrid, Spain 3Correspondence author. E-mail: pcozar@geo.ucm.es Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Ian D. Somerville Ian D. Somerville 2UCD School of Geological Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Journal of Foraminiferal Research (2012) 42 (3): 216–233. https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.42.3.216 Article history received: 07 Apr 2011 accepted: 01 May 2012 first online: 03 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Pedro Cózar, Ian D. Somerville; MISSISSIPPIAN BISERIAMMINACEAE AND THEIR EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 2012;; 42 (3): 216–233. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.42.3.216 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyJournal of Foraminiferal Research Search Advanced Search Abstract The foraminiferal superfamily Biseriamminaceae consists of the families Biseriamminidae (agglutinated wall) and Globivalvulinidae (secreted wall). The ancestral genus Biseriammina is endemic to the Urals, where its stratigraphic range is now extended from the Tournaisian into the early Visean, due to the inclusion of Lipinella within the genus. Other taxonomic changes in the Biseriamminidae include 1) suppression of Dzhamansorina, ?Admiranda, and ?Ulanbela under Koktjubina, 2) emendation of Koktjubina with descriptions of K. windsorensis n. comb., K.? grata n. comb., and K.? atlantica n. sp., and 3) establishment of a new genus Parabiseriella, composed of P. bristolensis n. comb. and P. moroccoensis n. sp. The genera Biseriella and Globivalvulina are the only Mississippian representatives of the Globivalvulinidae that evolved from the Biseriamminidae in the late Visean. Newly described species of those genera include B. scotica, B. paramoderata, and G. paraeogranulosa.The proposed phylogenetic lineage for the Mississippian Biseriamminaceae of Biseriammina–?Koktjubina/Parabiseriella–Biseriella–Globivalvulina developed in the Paleotethys followed by migration into the American Realm. Biseriamminidae have limited value as global biostratigraphic markers, unlike the Globivalvulinidae that have much greater potential, particularly from the Serpukhovian onward. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.