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Spirillinina
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Rank | suborder (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminifera : Spirillinina | ||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 5 (29%) | ||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 318 - 315 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Foraminifera) | ||||||||||||||||||
Diet | omnivore (based on Foraminifera) | ||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Spirillinina) | ||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. R. Loeblich and H. Tappan. 1984. Suprageneric classification of the Foraminiferida (Protozoa). Micropaleontology 30(1):1-70 |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Patellinidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Spirillinidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 132 | 318 Ma Carboniferous | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1975 | Spirillinina Hohenegger and Piller |
1984 | Spirillinina Loeblich and Tappan |
References
Loeblich A. R., Tappan H. (1984) Suprageneric classification of the Foraminiferida (Protozoa), Micropaleontology 30 1, 1-70 |
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!