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Plectina ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Lituolida : Prolixoplectidae : Plectina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminifera : Prolixoplectidae : Plectina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Plectina Marsson, 1878 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Marsson, T. (1878). Die Foraminiferen der weissen Schreibkreide der Insel Rügen. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein für Neu-Vorpommern und Rügen in Greifswald. 10: 115-196. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 33.9 - 23.0 Ma Cenozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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| Gaudryina chapmani species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina agrestior species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina cenomana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina clava species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina convergens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina conversa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina cubensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina dalmatina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina elongata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina emiratensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina eocenica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina garzaensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 41.3 Ma Eocene | 41.3 Ma Eocene | |
| Plectina humblei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina incompleta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina kugleri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina nanissima species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina nipponica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina nuttalli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina perturbata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina pinswangensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina quennelli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina regularis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina robusta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina ruthenica ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| Plectina shimokinensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina sphaerica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina tarda species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina terra species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina torrei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina trinitatensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina virginiana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Plectina watersi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2002 | Plectina Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2003 | Plectina Kiessling |
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!
