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Thomasinellidae
Source Data |
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminifera : Thomasinellidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (67%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Foraminifera) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | detritivore (based on Textulariina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | agglutinated (based on Textulariina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. R. Loeblich and H. Tappan. 1988. Foraminiferal genera and their classification |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Protoschista genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Thomasinella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1984 | Thomasinellidae Loeblich and Tappan p. 63 |
1988 | Thomasinellidae Loeblich and Tappan |
References
Loeblich A. R., Tappan H. (1988) , Foraminiferal genera and their classification, 1-1728 |
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!