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Ventrolaminidae
Description | The Ventrolaminidae are a family of benthic Foraminifera included in the Involutinida, now part of the subclass Spirillinana, class Spirillinata. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventrolaminidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | family | |||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Involutinida : Ventrolaminidae | |||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||
Classification (GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Ventrolaminidae | |||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventrolaminidae |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Archaeosepta ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Protopeneroplis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 18 | 170 Ma Middle Jurassic | 145 Ma Late Jurassic |
References
Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp. - via World Register of Marine Species |
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
BouDagher-Fadel, M. K. (2008). Evolution and Geological Significance of Larger Benthic Foraminifera. (Developments in Palaeontology & Stratigraphy 21). Elsevier, 548 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species (2017 version), available online at http://www.marinespecies.org. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
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!