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Scythiloculina ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Miliolida : Hauerinidae : Scythiloculina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminferea : Miliolida : Hauerinidae : Scythiloculina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Scythiloculina Neagu, 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Revista esp. Micropaleont. 16 (1-3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 145 - 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 140 - 136 Ma Early/Lower 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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Scythiloculina bancilai species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Scythiloculina confusa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1988 | Scythiloculina Loeblich and Tappan |
2002 | Scythiloculina 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!