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Nubecularia

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8132714	https://www.gbif.org/species/8132714
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	1967	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=1967

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Miliolida : Nubeculariidae : Nubecularia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Foraminferea : Miliolida : Nubeculariidae : Nubecularia

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
class	Foraminferea	Lee 1990
order	Miliolida	Lankester 1885
suborder	Miliolina	Delage and Hérouard 1896
superfamily	Cornuspiroidea
family	Nubeculariidae	Jones 1875
subfamily	Nubeculariinae	Cushman 1927
genus	Nubecularia	Defrance 1825

Scientific Name

Nubecularia Defrance, 1825

Name Published In

Defrance, J. L. M. (1825). Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. vol. 35.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Nubecularia	genus	belongs to Nubeculariinae	stated with evidence	Loeblich and Tappan, 1984
Nubecularia	genus	belongs to Nubeculariinae	stated without evidence	Loeblich and Tappan, 1988
Nubecularia	genus	belongs to Foraminiferida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic

Environment

hypersaline,marine (based on Miliolina)

Motility

stationary (based on Nubeculariidae)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Nubeculariidae)

Taphonomy

high Mg calcite (based on Miliolina)

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
Nubecularia aegyptiaca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia alligata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia caespitosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia concava species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia cristellaroides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia depressa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia digitulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia dubia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia elongata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia flexibilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia fusiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia horrida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia inflata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia jonesiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia lacunensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia lucifuga species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia macrocephali species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia massutiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia maxima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia mazoviensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia mirabilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia mitra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia nitida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia nova-rossica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia novorossica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia papillosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia permiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia reicheli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	170 Ma Middle Jurassic	170 Ma Middle Jurassic
Nubecularia tortonica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia triloculina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia tubulosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nubecularia variabilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1984	Nubecularia Loeblich and Tappan
1988	Nubecularia Loeblich and Tappan
2002	Nubecularia Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Loeblich A. R., Tappan H. (1984) Suprageneric classification of the Foraminiferida (Protozoa), Micropaleontology 30 1, 1-70

Loeblich A. R., Tappan H. (1988) , Foraminiferal genera and their classification, 1-1728

Gross, O. (2001). Foraminifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 60-75 - via World Register of Marine Species

Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. - via World Register of Marine Species

Defrance, J. L. M. (1825). Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. vol. 35. - via World Register of Marine Species

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/J.J. Lee et al., 2000 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Dict. Sci. Nat., 35 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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!

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