Palmula

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.^[1] A genus of polycotylid plesiosaur was named Palmula in 2007,^[2] but because the name was already in use, the plesiosaur was renamed, becoming Palmulasaurus.^[3]

Palmula Temporal range: Jurassic – Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	SAR
(unranked):	Rhizaria
Superphylum:	Retaria
Phylum:	Foraminifera
Order:	Lagenina
Superfamily:	Nodosariacea
Family:	Vaginulinidae
Genus:	Palmula Lea, 1833

References

1. The Paleobiology Database: Palmula
2. 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.
3. 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.