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Parasaturnalidae
Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Spumellaria : Parasaturnalidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Retaria : Radiolaria : Spumellaria : Parasaturnalidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Parasaturnalidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 237 - 228 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) | D. M. Hull. 1997. Upper Jurassic Tethyan and Southern Boreal radiolarians from western North America. Micropaleontology 43(S2):1-202 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Japonisaturnalis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 35 | 237 Ma Middle Triassic | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
Liassosaturnalis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 14 | 222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 201 Ma Early Jurassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1972 | Parasaturnalidae Kozur and Mostler |
1997 | Parasaturnalidae Hull |
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!