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Suna ✝
| Description | Suna may refer to: From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suna, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Spumellaria : Xiphostylidae : Suna | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Retaria : Radiolaria : Spumellaria : Xiphostylidae : Suna | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Suna Wu, 1986 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Acta Micropalaeont. Sin. 3 (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 166 - 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 130 - 122 Ma Early/Lower 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) | W. Kiessling. 1999. Late Jurassic radiolarians from the Antarctic Peninsula. Micropaleontology 45(S1):1-96 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suna |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Suna echiodes ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 111 | 161 Ma Jurassic | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Suna harperi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1986 | Suna Wu |
| 1989 | Neotripocyclia Pessagno et al. p. 204 |
| 1997 | Suna Hull |
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!
