| Palmula Temporal range: Jurassic – Cretaceous | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| (unranked): | SAR |
| (unranked): | Rhizaria |
| Superphylum: | Retaria |
| Phylum: | Foraminifera |
| Order: | Lagenina |
| Superfamily: | Nodosariacea |
| Family: | Vaginulinidae |
| Genus: | Palmula Lea, 1833 |
Palmula is an extinct genus of foraminifera which is known from a number of species found in rocks dating from near the beginning of the Jurassic to the end of the Cretaceous, in Africa, Asia, Europe, and New Zealand. A genus of polycotylid plesiosaur was named Palmula in 2007, but because the name was already in use, the plesiosaur was renamed, becoming Palmulasaurus.
References
- The Paleobiology Database: Palmula
- Albright, L. B. III, D. D. Gillette, and A. L. Titus. 2007. Plesiosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) Tropic Shale of southern Utah: Part 2, Polycotylidae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(1):41-58.
- Albright, L. B. III, D. D. Gillette, and A. L. Titus. 2007. Plesiosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) Tropic Shale of southern Utah, Part 2: Polycotylidae: replacement names for the preoccupied genus Palmula and the subfamily Palmulainae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(4):1051.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Palmula | |
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