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Tripocyclia ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Spumellaria : Xiphostylidae : Tripocyclia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Retaria : Radiolaria : Spumellaria : Xiphostylidae : Tripocyclia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Tripocyclia Haeckel, 1882 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Haeckel, E. H. P. A. 1882. Entwurf eines Radiolarien-Systems auf Grund von Studien der Challenger-Radiolarien. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft herausgegeben von der medizinisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 15: 418-472. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 247 - 242 Ma Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 145 - 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Radiolaria) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | passively mobile (based on Radiolaria) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | omnivore (based on Radiolaria) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | silica (based on Radiolaria) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. Kiessling. 1999. Late Jurassic radiolarians from the Antarctic Peninsula. Micropaleontology 45(S1):1-96 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Tripocyclia brooksi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 174 Ma Middle Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
| Tripocyclia crassa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Tripocyclia foremanae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Tripocyclia frenchflatensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tripocyclia highdomensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tripocyclia mascula ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 19 | 151 Ma Late Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | |
| Tripocyclia saleebyi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tripocyclia smithi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Tripocyclia southforkensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | 168 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Tripocyclia tortuosa ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 183 Ma Early Jurassic | 172 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Tripocyclia trigonum ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 191 Ma Early Jurassic | 161 Ma Jurassic | |
| Tripocyclia wickiupensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1881 | Tripocyclia Haeckel |
| 1999 | Tripocyclia Kiessling p. 39 |
| 2001 | Tripocyclia De Wever et al. p. 117 |
| 2002 | Tripoclyclia 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!
