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Earlandia ✝
| Description | Earlandia is a genus of prehistoric foraminifera. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earlandia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source Data |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Earlandiidae : Earlandia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminifera : Earlandiidae : Earlandia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Earlandia Plummer, 1930 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Plummer, H. J. (1930). Calcareous foraminifera in the Brownwood shale near Bridgeport, Texas. University of Texas bulletin. 3019: 5-21. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 409 - 403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 136 - 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Foraminifera) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | omnivore (based on Foraminifera) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Fusulinina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earlandia |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Aeolisaccus inconstans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Earlandia aljutovica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Earlandia amplimuralis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Earlandia aspera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Earlandia brevis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Earlandia clavatula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Earlandia condoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Earlandia conradi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Earlandia consternatio species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Earlandia deformis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Earlandia dunningtoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Earlandia elegans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Earlandia gracilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Earlandia levata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Earlandia longa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Earlandia minima species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Earlandia minor species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Earlandia moderata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Earlandia novomutnini species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Earlandia perparva species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Earlandia poludnicae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Earlandia pseudoelegans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Earlandia pulchra species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Earlandia rugosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Earlandia samarensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Earlandia tintinniformis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Earlandia vulgaris species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1984 | Earlandia Loeblich and Tappan |
| 2002 | Earlandia Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!
