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Nitzschia
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Bacillariophyta : Nitzschia | |||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 23.0 - 13.8 Ma Miocene | |||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. H. Abbott and J. J. Ernissee. 1983. Biostratigraphy and paleoecology of a diatomaceous clay unit in the Miocene Pungo River Formation of Beaufort County, North Carolina. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 53:287-353 |
Fossil Distribution
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1845 | Nitzschia Hassal |
1983 | Nitzschia Abbott and Ernissee p. 301 |
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!