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Thaumatoporella ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Chlorophyta : Thaumatoporella | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Chlorophyta : Thaumatoporellales : Thaumatoporella | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Thaumatoporella J.Pia, 1927 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 247 - 242 Ma Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 66.0 - 61.6 Ma Paleocene | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | hypersaline,marine,brackish | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photoautotroph | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. Kiessling. 2003. Personal data. |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Thaumatoporella occidentalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1991 | Thaumatoporella Barattolo |
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!
