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Keramosphaerina ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Miliolida : Keramosphaeridae : Keramosphaerina | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminferea : Miliolida : Keramosphaeridae : Keramosphaerina | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Keramosphaerina Stache, 1913 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Jahrb. Geol. Reichs. Wien, 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 93.9 - 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 85.8 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | hypersaline,marine (based on Miliolina) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Miliolina) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | deposit feeder (based on Miliolina) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Miliolina) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Keramosphaerina sarda species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Keramosphaerina tergestina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Bradya Stache, 1889 | GBIF | genus | Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Miliolida : Keramosphaeridae : Bradya |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1988 | Keramosphaerina Loeblich and Tappan |
| 2002 | Keramosphaerina Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!
