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Orbiculiforma ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4889309	https://www.gbif.org/species/4889309
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	211	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=211

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Spumellaria : Orbiculiformidae : Orbiculiforma

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Retaria : Radiolaria : Spumellaria : Orbiculiformidae : Orbiculiforma

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Rhizaria
phylum	Retaria	Cavalier-Smith 1999
class	Radiolaria	Müller 1858
superorder	Polycystina
order	Spumellaria	Ehrenberg 1875
family	Orbiculiformidae	Pessagno 1973
genus	Orbiculiforma	Pessagno 1973

Scientific Name

Orbiculiforma Pessagno, 1973

Name Published In

Bull. Am. Paleont. 63 (276)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Orbiculiforma	genus	belongs to Orbiculiformidae	stated without evidence	Kiessling, 1995
Orbiculiforma	genus	belongs to Spumellaria	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

254 - 252 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

61.6 - 59.2 Ma
Paleocene

Environment

marine (based on Radiolaria)

Motility

passively mobile (based on Radiolaria)

Diet

omnivore (based on Radiolaria)

Taphonomy

silica (based on Radiolaria)

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)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Orbiculiforma australis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Orbiculiforma cachensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orbiculiforma campbellensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Orbiculiforma cedrosensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orbiculiforma densaora ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Orbiculiforma gazipasaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	242 Ma Middle Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Orbiculiforma goestlingensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	237 Ma Middle Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Orbiculiforma hexagonaora ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Orbiculiforma hullae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	156 Ma Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Orbiculiforma iniqua ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	165 Ma Middle Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Orbiculiforma kanayamaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	156 Ma Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Orbiculiforma librataspira ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Orbiculiforma lowreyensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	161 Ma Jurassic	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Orbiculiforma maxima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orbiculiforma mclaughlini ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		22	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Orbiculiforma monticelloensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orbiculiforma multa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Orbiculiforma multangula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orbiculiforma multibrachiata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Orbiculiforma multifora ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	199 Ma Early Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Orbiculiforma nevadaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orbiculiforma octogonalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Orbiculiforma persenex species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orbiculiforma plana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Orbiculiforma quadrata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		26	156 Ma Jurassic	86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Orbiculiforma radiata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	191 Ma Early Jurassic	182 Ma Early Jurassic
Orbiculiforma railensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orbiculiforma regis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orbiculiforma renillaeformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		27	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	61.6 Ma Paleocene
Orbiculiforma sacramentoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orbiculiforma sakaii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	151 Ma Late Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Orbiculiforma sempiterna species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orbiculiforma sentarota ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Orbiculiforma vacaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		35	156 Ma Jurassic	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1973	Orbiculiforma Pessagno
1995	Orbiculiforma Kiessling
2002	Orbiculiforma Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Kiessling W. (1995) Palökologische Verwertbarkeit oberjurassisch-unterkretazischer Radiolarienfaunen mit Beispielen aus Antarktis, Oman und Südalpen, Unpublished Ph.D. University of Erlangen, Germany, 1-465

Bull. Am. Paleont. 63 (276) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

GBIF/Paleo Database - 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

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

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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