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Lachlanella
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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Foraminferea : Miliolida : Lachlanella | |||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (100%) | |||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 23.0 - 16.0 Ma Miocene | |||||||||||||||
| Environment | hypersaline,marine (based on Miliolina) | |||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary (based on Miliolina) | |||||||||||||||
| Diet | deposit feeder (based on Miliolina) | |||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Miliolina) | |||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. P. Margerel. 2009. Les foraminifères benthiques des Faluns du Miocène moyen du Blésois (Loir-et-Cher) et de Mirebeau (Vienne) dans le Centre-Ouest de la France. Geodiversitas 31(3):577-621 | |||||||||||||||
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Lachlanella schroeckingeri species | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1868 | Lachlanella Karrer |
| 1988 | Lachlanella Loeblich and Tappan |
| 2009 | Lachlanella Margerel p. 612 |
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!
