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Suppiluliumaella ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Chlorophyta : Ulvophyceae : Dasycladales : Dasycladaceae : Suppiluliumaella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Chlorophyta : Dasycladophyceae : Dasycladales : Dasycladaceae : Suppiluliumaella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Suppiluliumaella G.F.Elliott | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 140 - 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | coastal,inner shelf,oligotrophic,hypersaline,marine,brackish (based on Dasycladales) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Dasycladales) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photoautotroph (based on Dasycladales) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite,porous (based on Dasycladales) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Kuss and M. A. Conrad. 1991. Calcareous Algae from Cretaceous Carbonates of Egypt, Sinai, and Southern Jordan. Journal of Paleontology 65(5) |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Suppiluliumaella schroederi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1968 | Suppiluliumaella Elliott |
| 1991 | Suppiluliumaella Kuss and Conrad |
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!
