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Mendicodinium ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Myzozoa : Dinophyceae : Gonyaulacales : Mendicodinium | ||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Mendicodinium | ||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Mendicodinium P.Morgenroth, 1970 | ||||||||||
Name Published In | Neues Jb. Geol. Palaont. Abh. 136 | ||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 166 - 152 Ma Jurassic | ||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 136 - 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. B. Smith and J. Xu. 1988. Palaeontology of the 1985 Geotraverse, Lhasa to Golmud. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London A 327:53-105 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Mendicodinium groenlandicum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Thuledinium S.A.J.Pocock & W.A.S.Sarjeant, 1972 | GBIF | genus | Chromista : Myzozoa : Dinophyceae : Gonyaulacales : Thuledinium |
Breedoxella G.Norris, 1978 | GBIF | genus | Chromista : Myzozoa : Dinophyceae : Gonyaulacales : Breedoxella |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1970 | Mendicodinium Morgenroth |
1988 | Mendicodinium Smith and Xu p. 95 |
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!