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Protriticites ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7952325	https://www.gbif.org/species/7952325
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	2226	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=2226

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Chromista : Foraminifera : Fusulinellidae : Protriticites

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Foraminifera : Fusulinidae : Protriticites

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Rhizaria
phylum	Retaria	Cavalier-Smith 1999
phylum	Foraminifera
suborder	Fusulinina	(Fursenko 1958)
superfamily	Fusulinoidea
family	Fusulinidae	Moeller 1878
subfamily	Fusulinellinae	Staff and Wedekind 1910
genus	Protriticites	Putrya 1948

Scientific Name

Protriticites Putrya, 1948

Name Published In

Putrya, F. S. (1948). Рrotriticites новый род фузулинид - Protriticites-a new fusulinid genus. Труды Львовского геологического общества, серия палеонтологическая - Trans. L'vovskoe Soc. of Natural History. 1: 89–96.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Protriticites	genus	belongs to Fusulinellinae	stated with evidence	Bensh, 1972
Protriticites	genus	belongs to Foraminiferida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Protriticites	genus	belongs to Fusulinidae	stated with evidence	Kobayashi and Altiner, 2008
Protriticites	genus	belongs to Fusulinellinae	stated with evidence	Okuyucu, 2009

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

315 - 307 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

307 - 304 Ma
Carboniferous

Motility

stationary (based on Foraminifera)

Diet

omnivore (based on Foraminifera)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Fusulinina)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Protriticites aquilus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites benshae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites compactus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites confectus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites daxinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites formosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites fusulinelloides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites globulus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	315 Ma Carboniferous	307 Ma Carboniferous
Protriticites grajalensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites hunanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites lamellosus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	307 Ma Carboniferous	307 Ma Carboniferous
Protriticites longus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites lutugini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites manukalovae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites masamichii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites minor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites nakahatensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites neorhomboides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites nikitovkensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites niumaolingensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites ovatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	315 Ma Carboniferous	307 Ma Carboniferous
Protriticites ovoides ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	315 Ma Carboniferous	307 Ma Carboniferous
Protriticites parvus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites planaeseptatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites plicatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites praemontiparus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites praesimplex species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites pramollensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites prolongus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites pseudomontiparus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	315 Ma Carboniferous	307 Ma Carboniferous
Protriticites pseudoumbonoplicatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites putrjai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites quasiovoidalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites rarus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites regularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites robustus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites rotundatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	307 Ma Carboniferous	307 Ma Carboniferous
Protriticites semikhatovae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	307 Ma Carboniferous	307 Ma Carboniferous
Protriticites sphaericus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	315 Ma Carboniferous	307 Ma Carboniferous
Protriticites subcylindricus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Protriticites subovatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	307 Ma Carboniferous	307 Ma Carboniferous
Protriticites subschwagerinoides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	315 Ma Carboniferous	307 Ma Carboniferous
Protriticites tokerae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	307 Ma Carboniferous	307 Ma Carboniferous
Protriticites toriyamai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites umbonoreticulatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites variabilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	315 Ma Carboniferous	307 Ma Carboniferous
Protriticites winkleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites yanagidai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protriticites ziyunensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1972	Protriticites Bensh p. 18
1999	Protriticites Davydov and Krainer p. 176
2002	Protriticites Sepkoski, Jr.
2008	Protriticites Kobayashi and Altiner p. 200
2009	Protriticites Okuyucu p. 41

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Bensh F. R. (1972) Stratigrafiya i fuzulinidy verkhnego Paleozoya yuzhnoj Fergany, Akademiya Nauk Uzbekskoy SSR, 1-147

Davydov V., Krainer K. (1999) Fusulinid assemblages and facies of the Bombaso Fm. and basal Meledis Fm. (Moscovian-Kasimovian) in the central Carnic alps (Austria/Italy), Facies 40, 157-196

Kobayashi F., Altiner D. (2008) Fusulinoidean Faunas from the Upper Carboniferous and Lower Permian Platform Limestone in the Hadim Area, Central Taurides, Turkey, Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 114, 191-232

Okuyucu C. (2009) Systematics and biostratigraphic notes of the upper Moscovian-upper Gzhelian fusulinid foraminifers from the Anatolian Platform in the Southern Turkey, Geologica Balcanica 38, 35-51

Loeblich, A. R.; Tappan, H. (1987). Foraminiferal Genera and their Classification. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York. 970pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Nov 2016). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Okla. Geol. Notes 19 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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!

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