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Discoaster brouweri ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Haptophyta : Prymnesiophyceae : Coccolithales : Coccolithaceae : Discoaster : Discoaster brouweri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Haptophyta : Prymnesiophyceae : Discoaster : Discoaster brouweri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Generic Name | Discoaster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scientific Name | Discoaster brouweri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 16.0 - 11.6 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 2.59 - 1.81 Ma Pleistocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
Fossil Distribution
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1927 | Discoaster brouweri Tan Sin Hok |
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!