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Involutinina
Source Data |
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Rank | suborder (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminifera : Involutinina | ||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 27 | ||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 5 (19%) | ||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 307 - 299 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||
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 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Involutinidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 312 | 307 Ma Carboniferous | 37.2 Ma Eocene | |
Planispirillinidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Trocholinidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 282 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1880 | Involutinina Bütschli |
1988 | Involutinina Loeblich and Tappan |
2012 | Involutinina Margerel |
References
Loeblich A. R., Tappan H. (1988) , Foraminiferal genera and their classification, 1-1728 |
Margerel J.-P. (2012) Benthic foraminifers of saint Félix (le Gosier, Guadeloupe) |
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!