Calpionellites
Calpionellites Temporal range: Valanginian
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukarya
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(unranked): | Alveolata
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Family: | Calpionellidae
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Genus: | Calpionellites
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Calpionellites is an extinct genus of single celled eukaryotes.[1] Their fossils are found in rocks dating to the Valanginian stage of the Early Cretaceous.
Biostratigraphic significance[]
The first occurrence of the species Calpionellites darderi marks the beginning of the Valanginian and thus end of the Berriasian.
Distribution[]
Fossils of the genus have been found in:[1]
- , Albania
- Steinmühl Formation, Austria
- Guasasa Formation, Cuba
- Lake Rożnów, Poland
- , Romania
- and , Spain
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b Calpionellites at Fossilworks.org
Categories:
- Alveolata genera
- Prehistoric SAR supergroup genera
- Index fossils
- Early Cretaceous first appearances
- Valanginian life
- Early Cretaceous extinctions
- Fossils of Albania
- Cretaceous Austria
- Fossils of Austria
- Cretaceous Cuba
- Fossils of Cuba
- Fossils of Poland
- Cretaceous Romania
- Fossils of Romania
- Cretaceous Spain
- Fossils of Spain