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Krimella ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Krimella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Gorgonacea : Krimella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Krimella Kuz'micheva, 1980 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Paleontologicheskii Zh. 1980 (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 72.1 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 72.1 - 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Gorgonacea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Gorgonacea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Krimella klikushini ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1980 | Krimella Kuzmicheva |
| 2002 | Krimella Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
