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Peneroplidae
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| Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminferea : Miliolida : Peneroplidae | ||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 13 (65%) | ||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 101 - 94 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | hypersaline,marine (based on Miliolina) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Miliolina) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | deposit feeder (based on Miliolina) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Miliolina) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. M. Dorreen. 1948. A Foraminiferal fauna from the Kaiatan Stage (Upper Eocene) of New Zealand. Journal of Paleontology 22(3):281-300 | ||||||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Spirolininae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 38 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Archiacina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Coscinospira genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Dendritina genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Laevipeneroplis genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Monalysidium genus | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Penarchaias genus | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Renulina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Spirolina genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 93.9 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Vandenbroeckia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1860 | Peneroplidae Renss |
| 1948 | Peneroplidae Dorreen p. 291 |
| 1988 | Peneroplidae Loeblich and Tappan |
| 2012 | Peneroplidae Margerel |
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!
