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Mesodictyon undulatum ✝
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Rank | species (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Diatomophyceae : Centrales : Thalassiosiraceae : Mesodictyon : Mesodictyon undulatum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 11.6 - 5.3 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 11.6 - 5.3 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Centrales) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | passively mobile (based on Centrales) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photoautotroph (based on Centrales) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | asexual (based on Centrales) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | silica (based on Centrales) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. Theriot and J. P. Bradbury. 1987. Mesodictyon, a New Fossil Genus of the Centric Diatom Family Thalassiosiraceae from the Miocene Chalk Hills Formation, Western Snake River Plain, Idaho. Micropaleontology 33(4):356-367 |
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!
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