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Staffella ✝
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminifera : Staffellidae : Staffella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 318 - 315 Ma Carboniferous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 254 - 252 Ma Permian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Foraminifera) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | omnivore (based on Foraminifera) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Fusulinina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Staffella arakeljani ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 269 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
Staffella batangica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Staffella ciryi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 279 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
Staffella huapingensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 265 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
Staffella jiaogensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Staffella moellerana ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Staffella pseudosphaeroidea ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 315 Ma Carboniferous | 315 Ma Carboniferous | |
Staffella suborientalis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 269 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
Staffella tunetana ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 269 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1930 | Fusulinella (Staffella) Lee and Chen p. 115 |
1967 | Staffella Skinner and Wilde p. 7 |
1982 | Staffella Zhang p. 137 |
1984 | Staffella Loeblich and Tappan |
1993 | Staffella Ueno and Sakagami p. 284 |
2002 | Staffella Sepkoski, Jr. |
2006 | Staffella Ueno et al. p. 59 |
2008 | Staffella Kobayashi and Altiner p. 225 |
2010 | Staffella Zhang et al. p. 966 |
2011 | Staffella Kobayashi p. 461 |
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!