Calpionella
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| Genus: | Calpionella Lorenz, 1902
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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
[edit | edit source]The name is derived from the Greek "κάλπις", meaning "water jug".
Biostratigraphic significance
[edit | edit source]The first occurrence of the species Calpionella alpina marks the beginning of the Berriasian and thus Cretaceous.
Distribution
[edit | edit source]Fossils of the genus have been found in:[1]
- Jurassic
- Guasasa Formation, Cuba
- Stramberk Formation, Czech Republic
- Cretaceous
- Puke, Albania
- Argiles de Ghriss Formation, Algeria
- Steinmühl Formation, Austria
- Abenaki Formation, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Guasasa Formation, Cuba
- Lake Rożnów, Poland
- Lapos Formation, Romania
- Miravetes and Tollo Formations, Spain
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Calpionella at Fossilworks.org
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Categories:
- Alveolata 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
- Fossil protist genera