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Ovalveolina ✝
Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Miliolida : Alveolinidae : Ovalveolina | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminferea : Miliolida : Alveolinidae : Ovalveolina | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Ovalveolina Reichel, 1936 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Reichel, M. (1936-1937). Etude sur les Alvéolines. Mémoires de la Société Paléontologique Suisse. 57: 1-93; 59: 95-147. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 113 - 101 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | hypersaline,marine (based on Miliolina) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Miliolina) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | deposit feeder (based on Miliolina) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
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Ovalveolina crassa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ovalveolina maccagnoi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ovalveolina ovum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1988 | Ovalveolina Loeblich and Tappan |
2002 | Ovalveolina 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!