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Protoceratoikiscum ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Ceratoikiscidae : Protoceratoikiscum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Retaria : Radiolaria : Albaillellaria : Ceratoikiscidae : Protoceratoikiscum | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Protoceratoikiscum Goto, Umeda & Ishiga, 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Memoirs of the Faculty of Science Shimane University 26, December | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 466 - 450 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 466 - 450 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Radiolaria) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | passively mobile (based on Radiolaria) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | omnivore (based on Radiolaria) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | silica (based on Radiolaria) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | S. Buckman and J. C. Aitchison. 2001. Middle Ordovician (Llandeilan) Radiolarians from West Junggar, Xinjiang, China. Micropaleontology 47(4):359-367 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Protoceratoikiscum chinocrystoallus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Protoceratoikiscum clarksoni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician |
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!