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Orthovertella ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Miliolida : Hemigordiopsidae : Orthovertella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminferea : Miliolida : Cornuspiridae : Orthovertella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Orthovertella Cushman & Waters, 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Cushman, J. A.; Waters, J. A. (1928). Some Foraminifera from the Pennsylvanian and Permian of Texas. Contributions from the Cushman Laboratory for Foraminiferal Research. 4(2): 31-55. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 315 - 307 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 252 - 251 Ma Phanerozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | hypersaline,marine (based on Miliolina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Miliolina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | deposit feeder (based on Miliolina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Miliolina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Orthovertella angulata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orthovertella coctilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orthovertella flexuosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orthovertella minima species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orthovertella paiarensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orthovertella protea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orthovertella pseudoprotea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orthovertella rotundata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orthovertella sellardsi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orthovertella semiinvoluta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orthovertella shalshalensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orthovertella subrotundata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orthovertella verchojanica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1928 | Orthovertella Cushman and Waters |
| 1988 | Orthovertella Loeblich and Tappan |
| 2002 | Orthovertella Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2003 | Orthovertella Kiessling |
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!
