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Sigalia ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Heterohelicidae : Sigalia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminifera : Guembelitriidae : Sigalia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Sigalia Reiss, 1957 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Reiss, Z. (1957). Notes on foraminifera from Israel. 1. Remarks on Truncorotalia Aragonesis Caucasica (Glaessner). 2. Loxostomoides, a new late Cretaceous and early Tertiary genus of foraminifera. 3. Sigalia, a new genus of foraminifera. Geological Survey of Israel, Bulletin. 9: i-vii. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 89.8 - 86.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 85.8 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Globigerinina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Foraminifera) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | omnivore (based on Foraminifera) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Globigerinina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Proliferania initialis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sigalia alata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sigalia bejaouensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sigalia carpatica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sigalia decoratissima species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sigalia deflaensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sigalia incipiens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sigalia proliferans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sigalia rugocostata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Proliferania Georgescu, 2010 | GBIF | genus | Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Heterohelicidae : Proliferania |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2002 | Sigalia Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2003 | Sigalia 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!
