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Micula ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Micula | ||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Common Name | coccolithophore | ||||||||||
Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 61.6 - 55.8 Ma Paleogene | ||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | V. N. Vekshina. 1959. Coccolithophoridae in Maastrichtian deposits of the Western Siberian Lowland. Tr. Sibirsk, Nauchn.- Issled. Geol. Geofiz. i Mineraln Syr'ya, 2:56-77 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Micula cubiformis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Micula decussata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | Coccolithophore | 1 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Discoaster staurophora ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Vekshina V. N. (1959) Coccolithophoridae in Maastrichtian deposits of the Western Siberian Lowland., Tr. Sibirsk, Nauchn.- Issled. Geol. Geofiz. i Mineraln Syr'ya, 2, 56-77 |
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!