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Earlandiacea β
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| Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminifera : Earlandiacea | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 409 - 403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 83.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Foraminifera) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | omnivore (based on Foraminifera) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Fusulinina) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. R. Loeblich and H. Tappan. 1984. Suprageneric classification of the Foraminiferida (Protozoa). Micropaleontology 30(1):1-70 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Earlandiidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 248 | 409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Pseudoammodiscidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 101 | 354 Ma Carboniferous | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Tuberitinidae β family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 131 | 409 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 254 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1955 | Earlandiacea Cummings |
| 1984 | Earlandiacea Loeblich and Tappan |
References
| Loeblich A. R., Tappan H. (1984) Suprageneric classification of the Foraminiferida (Protozoa), Micropaleontology 30 1, 1-70 |
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!
