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Foliotortus spinosus ✝
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Rank | species | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Foliotortus : Foliotortus spinosus | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminifera : Foliotortus : Foliotortus spinosus | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Generic Name | Foliotortus | |||||||||||||||||||||
Scientific Name | Foliotortus spinosus Piller & Senowbari-Daryan, 1980 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Piller, W.; Senowbari-Daryan, B. (1980). Foliotortus spinosus n.gen.n.sp.—ein neues Mikrofossil (Foraminifera?) aus obertriadischen Riff-Kalken von Sizilien (Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Mikrofazies obertriadischer Riffe im alpin-mediterranen Raum, 22). Facies. 2(1): 219-227. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 228 - 216 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 212 - 201 Ma Mesozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Foraminifera) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | omnivore (based on Foraminifera) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | B. Senowbari-Daryan. 1980. Neue Kalkschwämme (Sphinctozoen) aus obertriadischen Riffkalken von Sizilien. Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft der Geologie- und Bergbaustudenten in Österreich 26:179-203 |
Fossil Distribution
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1980 | Foliotortus spinosus Senowbari-Daryan |
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!