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Discoaster quinqueramus ✝
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Rank | species (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Haptophyta : Prymnesiophyceae : Discoaster : Discoaster quinqueramus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 7.25 - 5.33 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 5.33 - 3.60 Ma Neogene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | oceanic,oligotrophic,marine,brackish (based on Haptophyta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | passively mobile (based on Haptophyta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photoautotroph (based on Haptophyta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Haptophyta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. Reuter, F. R. Bosellini, and A. F. Budd, S. Coric, W. E. Piller, M. Harzhauser. 2019. High coral reef connectivity across the Indian Ocean is revealed\r\n6–7 Ma ago by a turbid-water scleractinian assemblage from Tanzania (Eastern Africa). Coral Reefs |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1969 | Discoaster quinqueramus Gartner |
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!