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Pseudostaffella needhami ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Pseudostaffellidae : Pseudostaffella : Pseudostaffella needhami | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminifera : Pseudostaffellidae : Pseudostaffella : Pseudostaffella needhami | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Generic Name | Pseudostaffella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scientific Name | Pseudostaffella needhami Thompson, 1942 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Thompson, M. L. (1942). New genera of Pennsylvanian fusulinids. American Journal of Science. 240(6): 403-420. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 315 - 307 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 315 - 307 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Foraminifera) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | omnivore (based on Foraminifera) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Fusulinina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. L. Wilde. 2006. Pennsylvanian-Permian Fusulinaceans of the Big Hatchet Mountains, New Mexico. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 38:1-331 |
Fossil Distribution
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1942 | Pseudostaffella needhami Thompson |
2006 | Pseudostaffella needhami Wilde p. 31 figs. pl 3, figs. 20-24; pl 4, figs. 1-5 |
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!