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Spiniferites pseudofurcatus ✝

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	277108	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=277108

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Dinophyceae : Spiniferites : Spiniferites pseudofurcatus

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
class	Dinophyceae	Fritsch 1929
genus	Spiniferites	Mantell 1850
species	Spiniferites pseudofurcatus	Sarjeant 1970

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Spiniferites pseudofurcatus	species	belongs to Spiniferites	stated with evidence	Sarjeant, 1970

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

11.6 - 7.2 Ma
Miocene

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. J. D. Dolding. 1992. Palynology of the Marambio Group (Upper Cretaceous) of northern Humps Island. Antartic Science 4(3):311-326

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1970	Spiniferites pseudofurcatus Sarjeant

Dolding P. J. D. (1992) Palynology of the Marambio Group (Upper Cretaceous) of northern Humps Island, Antartic Science 4 3, 311-326

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!