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Tritaxia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4900131	https://www.gbif.org/species/4900131
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	2717	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=2717

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Lituolida : Tritaxiidae : Tritaxia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Foraminifera : Tritaxiidae : Tritaxia

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Rhizaria
phylum	Retaria	Cavalier-Smith 1999
phylum	Foraminifera
suborder	Textulariina	Delage and Herouard 1896
family	Tritaxiidae	Plotnikova 1979
genus	Tritaxia	Reuss 1860

Scientific Name

Tritaxia Reuss, 1860

Name Published In

Reuss, A. E. (1860). Die Foraminiferen der westphälischen Kreideformation. Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaflichen Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. 40 (8): 147-238.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Tritaxia	genus	belongs to Foraminiferida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Tritaxia	genus	belongs to Tritaxiidae	stated without evidence	Kiessling, 2003

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

133 - 129 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Motility

stationary (based on Foraminifera)

Diet

detritivore (based on Textulariina)

Taphonomy

agglutinated (based on Textulariina)

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)
Tritaxia alpina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia athabascensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia barakai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia changi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia chirivelensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia compressa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia danica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia donghaiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia eggeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia ellisorae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia frankei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia glenrosensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia gracila species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia gracilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia grossa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia jarvisi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia jongmansi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia macfadyeni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia manitobensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia mitrata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia olssoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia oolithica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia orientalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia ovata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia paleocenica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia pleurostoma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia plummerae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia porteri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia pyramidata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia rara species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia reussi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia schotborghi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia sigali species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia singularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia solea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia spiritensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia subrotunda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia szaboi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia tricarinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia ulmensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tritaxia variata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2002	Tritaxia Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Tritaxia Kiessling

References

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

Kiessling W. (2003) Personal data

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

S. B. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturw. Kl., 40 - 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

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Tappan & Loeblich Jr., 1982 - 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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