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Cosmotriphora
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Cosmotriphora | ||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (100%) | ||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 3.60 - 2.59 Ma Cenozoic | ||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, and K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. | ||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Cosmotriphora dupliniana species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Cosmotriphora melanura species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1953 | Triphora (Cosmotriphora) Olsson and Harbison |
| 1962 | Triphora (Cosmotriphora) Weisbord p. 194 |
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!
