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Caucasina
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Caucasinidae : Caucasina | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminifera : Caucasina | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Caucasina Khalilov, 1951 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Khalilov, D. M. (1951). О фауне фораминифер и расчленении олигоценовых отложений северо-восточных предгорий Малого Кавказа - About the fauna of foraminifera and the division of Oligocene deposits of the northeastern foothills of the Lesser Caucasus. АН АзербССР - Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Azerbaidzhanskoi SSR. 3: 43-61. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (100%) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 48.6 - 37.2 Ma Eocene | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | outer shelf,marine (based on Rotaliina) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Rotaliina) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | omnivore (based on Foraminifera) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Rotaliina) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Caucasina alpina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caucasina aziderensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caucasina bogdanoviczi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caucasina bullata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caucasina elongata species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Caucasina indica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caucasina inflata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caucasina khalilovi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caucasina lalovi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caucasina lucera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caucasina maryensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caucasina minuta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caucasina oligocenica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caucasina pseudoelongata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caucasina robusta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caucasina schischkinskayae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caucasina selknamia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caucasina splendida species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caucasina tenebricosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Caucasina tuzkoensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2002 | Caucasina Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2009 | Caucasina Margerel |
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!
