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Proventocitum ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Proventocitidae : Proventocitum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Retaria : Radiolaria : Entactinaria : Proventocitidae : Proventocitum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Proventocitum Nazarov & Ormiston, 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | [Radiolaria in biostratigraphy: collected proceedings.] Ural'skoe otdelenie AN SSSR Sverdlovsk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 479 - 472 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 466 - 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
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| Proventocitum procerulum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1988 | Proventocitum Nazarov |
| 2001 | Proventocitum De Wever et al. p. 174 |
| 2002 | Proventocitum Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2008 | Proventocitum Maletz and Bruton p. 1190 |
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!
