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Cariacotrichidae
Description | Cariacothrix is a genus of ciliates in the subphylum Intramacronucleata. It contains only one species, Cariacothrix caudata, and is the only genus in the monotypic family Cariacotrichidae, order Cariacotrichida, and class Cariacotrichea. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cariacotrichidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||
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Rank | family | |||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Chromista : Ciliophora : Cariacotrichidae | |||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||
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Scientific Name | Cariacotrichidae | |||||||
Name Published In | Orsi, W.; Edgcomb, V.; Faria, J.; Foissner, W.; Fowle, W. H.; Hohmann, T.; Suarez, P.; Taylor, C.; Taylor, G. T.; Vďačný, P.; Epstein, S. S. (2011). Class Cariacotrichea, a novel ciliate taxon from the anoxic Cariaco Basin, Venezuela. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 62(6): 1425-1433. | |||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cariacotrichidae |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Cariacothrix genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
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!