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Sphaeroporella ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Chlorophyta : Sphaeroporella | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Chlorophyta : Sphaeroporella | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Sphaeroporella Wu, 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 347 - 339 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 269 - 265 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||
Environment | lagoonal,coastal,inner shelf,marine,brackish,freshwater (based on Chlorophyta) | ||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached (based on Chlorophyta) | ||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photoautotroph (based on Chlorophyta) | ||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | Y. S. Wu. 1991. Organisms and Communities of Permian Reef of Xiangbo, China |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Sphaeroporella minima ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 269 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1991 | Sphaeroporella Wu p. 124 |
References
Wu Y. S. (1991) , Organisms and Communities of Permian Reef of Xiangbo, China, 1-192 |
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!