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Triticites nitens ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Triticitidae : Triticites : Triticites nitens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminifera : Schwagerinidae : Triticites : Triticites nitens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Generic Name | Triticites | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scientific Name | Triticites nitens Dunbar & Newell, 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Dunbar, C. O.; Newell, N. D. (1946). Marine early Permian of the central Andes and its fusuline faunas; Part I and II. American Journal of Science. 244(6): 377-402, 244(7): 457-491. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 299 - 296 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 299 - 296 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Foraminifera) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | omnivore (based on Foraminifera) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Fusulinina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | T. G. Roberts. 1953. Part III, Fusulinidae, in Upper Paleozoic of Peru. Geological Society of America Memoir 58:166-226 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Triticites nitens nitens subspecies | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Triticites nitens subnitens subspecies | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1946 | Triticites nitens Dunbar and Newell |
1953 | Triticites nitens Roberts p. 188 figs. Pl 37, fig 6 |
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!