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Thomasinella ✝
Source Data |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Textulariida : Thomasinellidae : Thomasinella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminifera : Thomasinellidae : Thomasinella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Thomasinella Schlumberger, 1893 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Thomas, P. (1893). Description de quelques fossiles nouveaux et critiques des terrains tertiaires et secondaires de la Tunisie recueillis en 1885 et 1886. 1-46. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Foraminifera) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | detritivore (based on Textulariina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | agglutinated (based on Textulariina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Thomasinella aegyptia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Thomasinella fragmentaria species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Thomasinella hamzai species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Thomasinella punica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Thomasinella rugosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1988 | Thomasinella Loeblich and Tappan |
2002 | Thomasinella 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!