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Duostominacea ✝
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Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminifera : Duostominacea | |||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 251 - 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 209 - 201 Ma Mesozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Foraminifera) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | omnivore (based on Foraminifera) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Robertinina) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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Duostominidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 136 | 251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
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!