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Korkyrella ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Chlorophyta : Ulvophyceae : Dasycladales : Triploporellaceae : Korkyrella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Chlorophyta : Dasycladophyceae : Dasycladales : Triploporellaceae : Korkyrella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Korkyrella Sokac, 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 129 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 129 - 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | coastal,inner shelf,oligotrophic,hypersaline,marine,brackish (based on Dasycladales) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary (based on Dasycladales) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photoautotroph (based on Dasycladales) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite,porous (based on Dasycladales) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. L. Dineley and S. J. Metcalfe. 1999. Chapter 4. Early Devonian fossil fishes sites of the Welsh Borders. Fossil Fishes of Great Britain |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Korkyrella ivanovici ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1987 | Korkyrella Sokac |
1999 | Korkyrella Dineley and Metcalfe |
References
Dineley D. L., Metcalfe S. J. (1999) Chapter 4. Early Devonian fossil fishes sites of the Welsh Borders, Fossil Fishes of Great Britain, 2731 |
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!