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Keramosphaeridae
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminferea : Miliolida : Keramosphaeridae | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (40%) | ||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 93.9 - 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | A. R. Loeblich and H. Tappan. 1988. Foraminiferal genera and their classification | ||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Kanakaia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Keramosphaera genus | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Keramosphaerina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 15 | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Pavlovecina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1884 | Keramosphaeridae Brady p. 384 |
| 1988 | Keramosphaeridae Loeblich and Tappan |
References
| Loeblich A. R., Tappan H. (1988) , Foraminiferal genera and their classification, 1-1728 |
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!
