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Trocholinidae ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminifera : Trocholinidae | |||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 247 - 242 Ma Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 101 - 94 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Foraminifera) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | omnivore (based on Foraminifera) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Involutinina) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. R. Loeblich and H. Tappan. 1988. Foraminiferal genera and their classification |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Lamelliconinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Trocholina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 277 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Trochonella ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1963 | Trocholinidae Kristan-Tollmann |
1988 | Trocholinidae Loeblich and Tappan |
References
Loeblich A. R., Tappan H. (1988) , Foraminiferal genera and their classification, 1-1728 |
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!