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Crucella ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	84	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=84

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Retaria : Radiolaria : Spumellaria : Hagiastridae : Crucella

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Rhizaria
phylum	Retaria	Cavalier-Smith 1999
class	Radiolaria	Müller 1858
superorder	Polycystina
order	Spumellaria	Ehrenberg 1875
family	Hagiastridae	Riedel 1971
genus	Crucella	Pessagno 1971

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Crucella	genus	belongs to Hagiastridae	stated with evidence	De Wever et al., 2001
Crucella	genus	belongs to Patulibracchiidae	stated without evidence	Pessagno and Hull, 2002
Crucella	genus	belongs to Spumellaria	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

242 - 235 Ma
Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Radiolaria)

Motility

passively mobile (based on Radiolaria)

Diet

omnivore (based on Radiolaria)

Taphonomy

silica (based on Radiolaria)

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	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Crucella angulosa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	31	190 Ma Early Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Crucella beata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	4	190 Ma Early Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Crucella cachensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	21	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Crucella carteri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Crucella cavata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	30	197 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Crucella collina ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	36	145 Ma Late Jurassic	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Crucella concinna ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	172 Ma Middle Jurassic
Crucella espartoensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	17	151 Ma Late Jurassic	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Crucella flowerpotensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	9	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Crucella hettangica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	43	201 Ma Early Jurassic	197 Ma Early Jurassic
Crucella irwini ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	10	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Crucella jadeae ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	190 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Crucella kaisunensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	19	199 Ma Early Jurassic	191 Ma Early Jurassic
Crucella magna ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	28	165 Ma Middle Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Crucella messinae ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	51	191 Ma Early Jurassic	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Crucella mexicana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	19	157 Ma Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Crucella mijo ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	16	201 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Crucella mirabunda ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	8	191 Ma Early Jurassic	182 Ma Early Jurassic
Crucella plana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	5	89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Crucella prisca ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	20	201 Ma Early Jurassic	191 Ma Early Jurassic
Crucella spongase ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	191 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Crucella squama ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	18	201 Ma Early Jurassic	151 Ma Late Jurassic
Crucella tenuis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	5	237 Ma Middle Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Crucella theokaftensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	32	191 Ma Early Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1971	Crucella Pessagno
1997	Advena Hull
2001	Crucella De Wever et al. p. 136
2002	Crucella Pessagno and Hull p. 238
2002	Crucella Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Hull D. M. (1997) Upper Jurassic Tethyan and Southern Boreal radiolarians from western North America, Micropaleontology 43 S2, 1-202

De Wever P., Dumitrica P., et al (2001) Radiolarians in the sedimentary record, London (Gordon & Breach Sc), 1-533

Pessagno E. A., Hull D. M. (2002) Upper Jurassic (Oxfordian) Radiolaria from the Sula Islands (East Indies): Thier taxonomic, biostratigraphic, chronostratigraphic, and paleobiogeographic significance, Micropaleontology 48 3, 229-256

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!

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