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Tetragregnon ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Pseudolitheliidae : Tetragregnon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Retaria : Radiolaria : Latentifistularia : Tetratormentidae : Tetragregnon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Tetragregnon Ormiston & Lane, 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Palaeontographica (A) 154 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 347 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 254 - 252 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Tetragregnon sycamorensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Tetragregnon vimineum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Tetraspongoactinia Won, 1998 | GBIF | genus | Chromista : Pseudolitheliidae : Tetraspongoactinia |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1976 | Tetragregnon Ormiston and Lane |
1984 | Tetracircinata Nazarov and Ormiston |
1986 | Archaeopyramisa Cheng |
1998 | Tetraspongoactinia Won |
2001 | Tetragregnon De Wever et al. p. 101 |
2001 | Tetraspongoactinia De Wever et al. p. 101 |
2002 | Archaeopyramisa Sepkoski, Jr. |
2002 | Tetracircinata Sepkoski, Jr. |
2002 | Tetragregnon Sepkoski, Jr. |
2017 | Tetragregnon Noble et al. p. 469 |
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!