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Whalenella
Source Data |
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Nassellaria : Pseudodictyomitridae : Whalenella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Retaria : Radiolaria : Nassellaria : Pseudodictyomitridae : Whalenella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Whalenella Kozur, 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Geol-Palaeontol Mitt 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 232 - 216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Radiolaria) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | passively mobile (based on Radiolaria) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | omnivore (based on Radiolaria) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | silica (based on Radiolaria) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | H. Kozur. 1984. New radiolarian taxa from the Triassic and Jurassic. Geologisch-Paläontologische Mitteilungen Innsbruck 13(2):49-88 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Whalenella robusta species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1984 | Whalenella Kozur |
1999 | Whalenella Bragin and Krylov p. 564 |
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!