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Choffatella ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Loftusiida : Cyclamminidae : Choffatella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminifera : Cyclamminidae : Choffatella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Choffatella Schlumberger, 1905 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Schlumberger, C. (1905). Note sur le genre Choffatella n. g. Communicações da Commissão do Serviço Geologico de Portugal. 6: 155-157. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 157 - 152 Ma Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 125 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Foraminifera) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | detritivore (based on Textulariina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | agglutinated (based on Choffatellinae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Choffatella arcana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Choffatella caronae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Choffatella cruciensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Choffatella decipiens ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 79 | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Choffatella maynci species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Choffatella occulta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Choffatella pyrenaica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Choffatella singularis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Choffatella stenzeli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Choffatella tingitana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Choffatella zireggensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1905 | Choffatella Schlumberger |
| 1984 | Choffatella Loeblich and Tappan |
| 2002 | Choffatella 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!
