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Dicapnuchosphaera ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Retaria : Radiolaria : Spumellaria : Capnuchosphaeridae : Dicapnuchosphaera | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 232 - 216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 222 - 216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Radiolaria) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | passively mobile (based on Radiolaria) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | omnivore (based on Radiolaria) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | silica (based on Radiolaria) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | U. K. Tekin. 1999. Biostratigraphy and Systematics of late Middle to Late Triassic Radiolarians from the Taurus Mountains and Ankara Region, Turkey. Geologisch-Paläontologische Mitteilungen Innsbruck 5:1-296 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Dicapnuchosphaera carterae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Dicapnuchosphaera elegans ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Dicapnuchosphaera quinquespina ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
Dicapnuchosphaera sengori ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1999 | Dicapnuchosphaera Tekin p. 73 |
2007 | Dicapnuchosphaera Bragin |
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!