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Orbitopsella ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Loftusiida : Mesoendothyridae : Orbitopsella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminifera : Lituolidae : Orbitopsella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Orbitopsella Munier-Chalmas, 1902 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Munier-Chalmas, E. (1902). Sur les Foraminifères rapportés au groupe des Orbitolites. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France. (4) 2 (3): 351-353. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 191 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 190 - 182 Ma Early Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Foraminifera) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | omnivore (based on Foraminifera) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | agglutinated (based on Lituolacea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Coskinolinopsis primaevus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orbitopsella acutimargo species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orbitopsella dubari species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Orbitopsella praecursor species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Coskinolinopsis Henson, 1948 | GBIF | genus | Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Loftusiida : Mesoendothyridae : Coskinolinopsis |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1994 | Orbitopsella Buser and Debeljak |
| 2002 | Orbitopsella 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!
