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Nephrolithus
Source Data |
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Haptophyta : Prymnesiophyceae : Podorhabdales : Axopodorhabdaceae : Nephrolithus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Haptophyta : Prymnesiophyceae : Podorhabdales : Axopodorhabdaceae : Nephrolithus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Nephrolithus Górka, 1957 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Acta Palaeont. Pol. 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 70.6 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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) | P. R. Bown. 1998. Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy. Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy, Kluwer Academic |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Nephrolithus corystus species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Nephrolithus frequens species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Nephrolithus miniporus species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1957 | Nephrolithus Górka |
1998 | Nephrolithus Bown |
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!