BETA TEST - Fossil data and pages are very much experimental and under development. Please report any problems
Globotruncana aegyptiaca ✝
| Source Data |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Globothalamea : Rotaliida : Globotruncanidae : Globotruncana : Globotruncana aegyptiaca | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminifera : Globotruncanidae : Globotruncana : Globotruncana aegyptiaca | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Generic Name | Globotruncana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Globotruncana aegyptiaca Nakkady, 1950 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Nakkady, S. E. (1950). A new foraminiferal fauna from the Esna shales and Upper Cretaceous chalk of Egypt. Journal of Paleontology. 24: 675-692. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 72.1 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 66.0 - 61.6 Ma Paleocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Globigerinina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Foraminifera) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | omnivore (based on Foraminifera) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Globigerinina) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. Keller, L. Li, and N. MacLeod. 1995. The Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary stratotype section at El Kef, Tunisia: how catastrophic was the mass extinction?. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 119:221-254 |
Fossil Distribution
Obsolete Names
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
|---|---|
| 1950 | Globotruncana aegyptiaca Nakkady |
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!
