Calpionella
| Calpionella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukarya
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| (unranked): | |
| (unranked): | Alveolata
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| Family: | Calpionellidae
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| Genus: | Calpionella Lorenz, 1902
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| Species | |
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Calpionella is an extinct genus of calpionellid, a group of single celled eukaryotes.[1] Their fossils are found in rocks of Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous age.[2]
Etymology[]
The name is derived from the Greek "κάλπις", meaning "water jug".
Biostratigraphic significance[]
The first occurrence of the species Calpionella alpina marks the beginning of the Berriasian and thus Cretaceous.
Distribution[]
Fossils of the genus have been found in:[1]
- Jurassic
- Guasasa Formation, Cuba
- , Czech Republic
- Cretaceous
- , Albania
- , Algeria
- Steinmühl Formation, Austria
- Abenaki Formation, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Guasasa Formation, Cuba
- Lake Rożnów, Poland
- , Romania
- and , Spain
References[]
- ^ a b Calpionella at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Bolli, Hans M.; Saunders, John B.; Fancett, Katharina Perch-Nielsen, eds. (1989). Plankton stratigraphy (1st paperback ed.). Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521367196.
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Categories:
- Alveolata genera
- Prehistoric SAR supergroup genera
- Index fossils
- Late Jurassic first appearances
- Berriasian life
- Early Cretaceous extinctions
- Jurassic Cuba
- Cretaceous Cuba
- Fossils of Cuba
- Fossils of the Czech Republic
- Fossils of Albania
- Fossils of Algeria
- Cretaceous Austria
- Fossils of Austria
- Cretaceous Nova Scotia
- Fossils of Canada
- Fossils of Poland
- Cretaceous Romania
- Fossils of Romania
- Cretaceous Spain
- Fossils of Spain
- Fossil taxa described in 1902
- Alveolata stubs
- Jurassic life stubs
- Cretaceous life stubs