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Hechtina ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Miliolida : Nubeculariidae : Hechtina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminferea : Miliolida : Nubeculariidae : Hechtina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Hechtina Bartenstein & Brand, 1949 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Bartenstein, H.; Brand, E. (1949). New genera of foraminifera from the Lower Cretaceous of Germany and England. Journal of Paleontology. 23: 669-672. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 145 - 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 136 - 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | hypersaline,marine (based on Miliolina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Nubeculariidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Nubeculariidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Miliolina) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Hechtina antiqua species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hechtina praeantiqua species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Hechtina vagiformis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1988 | Hechtina Loeblich and Tappan |
| 2002 | Hechtina 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!
