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Miliolida
| Description | The Miliolida are an order of foraminifera with calcareous, porcelacous tests that are imperforate and commonly have a pseudochitinous lining. Tests are composed of randomly oriented calcite needles that have a high proportion of magnesium along with organic material. Tests lack pores and generally have multiple chambers. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miliolida, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Miliolida | ||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminferea : Miliolida | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Miliolida | ||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 473 | ||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 243 (51%) | ||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 354 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | L. Gale, R. Rettori, and R. Martini, A. Kastelic, J. Praprotnik, M. Jamnik, A. Smuc, B. Rozic. 2012. Miliolipora species (Foraminifera, Miliolina) from the Rhaetian Dachstein Limestone of Karavanke Mts (Slovenia); palaeoecological and palaeobiogeographic implications. Revue de Micropaleontologie 55:99-112 | ||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miliolida |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Miliolina suborder | listed (PBDB) | 3,600 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Alveolinidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Austrotrillinidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Baisalinidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cornuspiridae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 792 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Cribrolinoididae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Discospirinidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Fabulariidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Falsotubinellidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Fischerinidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Globoreticulinidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hauerinidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hemigordiidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hemigordiopsidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 268 | 299 Ma Carboniferous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Keramosphaeridae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Meandropsinidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Meandrospiridae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Miliamminidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Miliolechinidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Miliolidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 739 | 345 Ma Carboniferous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Milioliporidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Myriastylidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Neodiscidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Nubeculariidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ophthalmidiidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Peneroplidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Rhapydioninidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Riveroinidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Silicoloculinidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Siphonoferidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Soritidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 264 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Spiroloculinidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Squamulinidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tubinellidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Zoyaellidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Mandanites genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Sinoloculina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pyrulina acuminata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1885 | Miliolida Lankester |
| 2012 | Miliolida Gale et al. p. 105 |
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!
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