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Leiosphaeridia ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Leiosphaeridia | ||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | ||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 635 - 580 Ma Neoproterozoic | ||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 16.0 - 5.3 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Yao, S. Xiao, and L. Yin, G. Li, X. Yuan. 2005. Basal Cambrian microfossils from the Yurtus and Xishanblaq Formations (Tarim, North-West China): Systematic revision and biostratigraphic correlaton of Micrhystridium-like acritarchs. Palaeontology 48(4):687-708 | ||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Leiosphaeridia hyalina ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Leiosphaeridia menendezii ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Leiosphaeridia perthensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Leiosphaeridia pusilla ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 176 Ma Early Jurassic | 176 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Leiosphaeridia similis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1958 | Leiosphaeridia Eisenack |
| 1970 | Leiosphaeridia Andrews |
| 2005 | Leiosphaeridia Yao et al. p. 697 |
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!
