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Sigmopollis ✝
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Cyanobacteria : Sigmopollis | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 56.0 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | ||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | hypersaline,marine,brackish,freshwater (based on Cyanobacteria) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Cyanobacteria) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | photoautotroph (based on Cyanobacteria) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. E. Dettmann. 1986. Early Cretaceous palynoflora of subsurface strata correlative with the Koonwarra Fossil Bed, Victoria. Mem. Ass. Auslralas. Palaeontols 3:79-110 | ||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Sigmopollis carbonis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1965 | Sigmopollis Hedlund |
| 1986 | Sigmopollis Krutzsch and Pacltová |
References
| Dettmann M. E. (1986) Early Cretaceous palynoflora of subsurface strata correlative with the Koonwarra Fossil Bed, Victoria, Mem. Ass. Auslralas. Palaeontols 3, 79-110 |
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!
