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Palaeoscenidiidae ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Palaeoscenidiidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Retaria : Radiolaria : Entactinaria : Palaeoscenidiidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Palaeoscenidiidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 201 - 190 Ma Early Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Radiolaria) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | passively mobile (based on Radiolaria) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | omnivore (based on Radiolaria) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | silica (based on Radiolaria) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. De Wever, P. Dumitrica, and JP Caulet, C. Nigrini, M. Caridroit. 2001. Radiolarians in the sedimentary record. London (Gordon & Breach Sc) |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Deflantrica ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Holdsworthum ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Insolitignum ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 443 Ma Silurian | 443 Ma Silurian | |
| Pactarentinia ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Palaeodecaradium ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Palaeoephippium ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 443 Ma Silurian | |
| Palaeopyramidium ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Palaeoscenidium ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | |
| Palaeothalomnus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Parentactinia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 65 | 252 Ma Permian | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Perseus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 176 Ma Early Jurassic | |
| Praesaturnalis ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Procyrtis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Protoentactinia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 14 | 501 Ma Cambrian | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Tlecerina ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Parentactiniidae | GBIF | family | Chromista : Radiozoa : Polycystina : Parentactiniidae |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1967 | Palaeoscenidiidae Riedel |
| 1981 | Parentactiniidae Kozur and Mostler |
| 1990 | Fukujius Furutani |
| 2000 | Palaeoscenidiidae Noble and Maletz p. 272 |
| 2001 | Fukujius De Wever et al. p. 175 |
| 2001 | Palaeoscenidiidae De Wever et al. p. 175 |
| 2003 | Palaeoscenidiidae Wang et al. p. 142 |
| 2014 | Palaeoscenidiidae Takahashi and Miyake p. 286 |
| 2017 | Palaeoscenidiidae Noble et al. p. 452 |
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!
