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Pilamminella ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Spirillinida : Ammodiscidae : Pilamminella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminifera : Ammodiscidae : Pilamminella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Pilamminella Salaj, 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Salaj, J. (1978). Contribution à la microbiostratigraphie du Trias des Carpates occidentales Tchécoslovaques. Actes du VI* Colloque Africain de Micropaléontologie, Annales des Mines et de la Géologie, Tunis. 28: 103-127. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 247 - 242 Ma Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 222 - 216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Foraminifera) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | herbivore (based on Ammodiscidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | agglutinated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Pilamminella falsofriedli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pilamminella grandis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1988 | Pilamminella Loeblich and Tappan |
| 2002 | Pilamminella 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!
