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Meandrospira
Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Miliolida : Cornuspiridae : Meandrospira | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminferea : Miliolida : Cornuspiridae : Meandrospira | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Meandrospira Loeblich & Tappan, 1946 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1946). New Washita Foraminifera. Journal of Paleontology. 20: 238-258. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) | |||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 299 - 290 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | hypersaline,marine (based on Miliolina) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Miliolina) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | deposit feeder (based on Miliolina) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite | |||||||||||||||||||||
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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Meandrospira bancilai species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Meandrospira dieneri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Meandrospira djaffaensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Meandrospira indica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Meandrospira washitensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Streblospira australae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Streblospira kimberleyensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Streblospira meandrina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Streblospira minima species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Streblospira Crespin & Belford, 1957 | GBIF | genus | Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Miliolida : Cornuspiridae : Streblospira |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1988 | Meandrospira Loeblich and Tappan |
2002 | Meandrospira Sepkoski, Jr. |
2003 | Meandrospira Kiessling |
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!