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Praeskinnerella ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8376894	https://www.gbif.org/species/8376894
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	240515	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=240515

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Polydiexodinidae : Praeskinnerella

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Foraminifera : Schwagerinidae : Praeskinnerella

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Rhizaria
phylum	Retaria	Cavalier-Smith 1999
phylum	Foraminifera
suborder	Fusulinina	(Fursenko 1958)
superfamily	Fusulinoidea
family	Schwagerinidae	Dunbar and Henbest 1930
subfamily	Pseudofusulininae
genus	Praeskinnerella	Bensh 1991

Scientific Name

Praeskinnerella Bensh, 1991

Name Published In

Bensh, F. R. (1991). Praeskinnerella-novoye nazvaniye dlya roda Guembelites Bensh, (Fusulinida) - Praeskinnerella, a new name for the genus Guembelites Bensh, (Fusulinida). Paleontologicheskii zhurnal. 4: 107.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Praeskinnerella	genus	belongs to Pseudofusulinidae	stated with evidence	Leven, 1992

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

296 - 290 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

279 - 272 Ma
Permian

Motility

stationary (based on Foraminifera)

Diet

omnivore (based on Foraminifera)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Fusulinina)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. J. Leven. 1992. Fusulinids, in Perm' Darvaz-Zaalayskoy zony Pamira: fusulinidy, ammonoidei, stratigrafiya. Rossiyskaya Akademiya Nauk, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 253:64-109

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Praeskinnerella aciflucta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeskinnerella ahlfeldi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeskinnerella aksuensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeskinnerella baohetangensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeskinnerella chenxiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeskinnerella crassitectoria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeskinnerella curta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeskinnerella cushmani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeskinnerella ellipsoidalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeskinnerella formosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeskinnerella fragilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	296 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Praeskinnerella gibformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeskinnerella guembeli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	296 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Praeskinnerella huangshuigouensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeskinnerella ishiie species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeskinnerella kueichowensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeskinnerella laudoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeskinnerella leavicula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeskinnerella moorei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeskinnerella odakai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeskinnerella paraguembeli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeskinnerella parviflucta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Praeskinnerella pavlovi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	290 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Praeskinnerella prolata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	290 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Praeskinnerella pseudofragilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeskinnerella pseudogruperaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Praeskinnerella quasicushmani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeskinnerella scitula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeskinnerella shawabuqiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeskinnerella shenshanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeskinnerella subtilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
Praeskinnerella tamanouchiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeskinnerella zhailekensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praeskinnerella zygarica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Guembelites Bensh, 1987	GBIF	genus	Chromista : Foraminifera : Polydiexodinidae : *Guembelites*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1987	Guembelites Bensh
1991	Praeskinnerella Bensh
1992	Praeskinnerella Leven p. 102
2009	Praeskinnerella Ueno et al. p. 49
2013	Praeskinnerella Zhang et al. p. 540

References

Leven E. J. (1992) Fusulinids, in Perm' Darvaz-Zaalayskoy zony Pamira: fusulinidy, ammonoidei, stratigrafiya, Rossiyskaya Akademiya Nauk, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 253, 64-109

Ueno K., Shintani T., et al (2009) Fusuline foraminifera from the upper part of the Sakamotozawa Formation, South Kitakami Belt, northeast Japan, Science Reports, Niigata University (Geology) 24, 27-61

Zhang Y. C., Wang Y., et al (2013) Artinskian (Early Permian) fusuline fauna from the Rongma area in northern Tibet: palaeoclimatic and palaeobiogeographic implications, Alcheringa 37, 529-546

NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - 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

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Paleontol Zh 1991 (4) - 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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