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Gigasbia ✝
Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Earlandiidae : Gigasbia | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminifera : Gigasbia | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Gigasbia Strank, 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Strank, A. R. E. (1983). New stratigraphically significant foraminifera from the Dinantian of Great Britain. Palaeontology. 26(2): 435-442. | ||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 343 - 336 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 339 - 336 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Foraminifera) | ||||||||||||||||||
Diet | omnivore (based on Foraminifera) | ||||||||||||||||||
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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Gigasbia gigas species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2002 | Gigasbia 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!