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Heterohelix globulosa ✝
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Rank | species (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminifera : Heterohelicidae : Heterohelix : Heterohelix globulosa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 93.9 - 89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Globigerinina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Foraminifera) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | omnivore (based on Foraminifera) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Globigerinina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. Keller, L. Li, and N. MacLeod. 1995. The Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary stratotype section at El Kef, Tunisia: how catastrophic was the mass extinction?. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 119:221-254 |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1840 | Textularia globulosa Ehrenberg |
1995 | Heterohelix globulosa Keller et al. |
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!