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Pseudotormentus ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Ruzhencevispongidae : Pseudotormentus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Retaria : Radiolaria : Latentifistularia : Cauletellidae : Pseudotormentus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Pseudotormentus de Wever & Caridroit, 1984 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Revue Micropaleont. 27 (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 290 - 269 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 254 - 252 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Pseudotormentus delawarensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pseudotormentus kamigoriensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 35 | 290 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1984 | Pseudotormentus De Wever and Caridroit |
| 2001 | Pseudotormentus De Wever et al. p. 103 |
| 2002 | Pseudotormentus Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2015 | Pseudotormentus Thassanapak p. 127 |
| 2017 | Pseudotormentus Noble et al. p. 460 |
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!
