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Nikiforovella ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cryptostomida : Nikiforovellidae : Nikiforovella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Rhabdomesida : Nikiforovellidae : Nikiforovella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Nikiforovella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 365 - 361 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 269 - 260 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Stenolaemata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | blind (based on Stenolaemata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Stenolaemata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Stenolaemata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Dyscritella explicata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nikiforovella beltensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Nikiforovella explicata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 296 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian | |
Nikiforovella gracilis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Nikiforovella inseperata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 296 Ma Permian | 296 Ma Permian | |
Nikiforovella nana ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Nikiforovella novella ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
Nikiforovella xainzaensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1975 | Nikiforovella Gorjunova p. 67 |
2002 | Nikiforovella Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!