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Umbilicosphaera ✝
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Haptophyta : Prymnesiophyceae : Coccolithales : Calcidiscaceae : Umbilicosphaera | |||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Haptophyta : Umbilicosphaera | |||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Umbilicosphaera Lohmann, 1902 | |||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Arch. Protistenk., 1 | |||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 61.6 - 59.2 Ma Paleocene | |||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 7.25 - 5.33 Ma Miocene | |||||||||||||||
Environment | oceanic,oligotrophic,marine,brackish (based on Haptophyta) | |||||||||||||||
Motility | passively mobile (based on Haptophyta) | |||||||||||||||
Diet | photoautotroph (based on Haptophyta) | |||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Haptophyta) | |||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. Faranda, P. Cipollari, and D. Cosentino, E. Gliozzi, G. Pipponzi. 2008. Late Miocene ostracod assemblages from eastern Mediterranean coral reef complexes (central Crete, Greece). Revue de micropaléontologie (51):287-308 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Umbilicosphaera anulus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Umbilicosphaera foliosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Umbilicosphaera hulburtiana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Umbilicosphaera jafari ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 12.7 Ma Miocene | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
Umbilicosphaera mirabilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Umbilicosphaera sibogae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1902 | Umbilicosphaera Lohmann |
2012 | Umbilicosphaera Hyzny et al. |
References
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!