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Corallina âśť
Description | Corallina is a genus of red seaweeds with hard, abrasive calcareous skeletons in the family Corallinaceae. They are stiff, branched plants with articulations. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corallina, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae : Corallina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Plantae : Rhodophyta : Rhodophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae : Corallina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Corallina Linnaeus, 1758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 66.0 - 56.0 Ma Paleocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Corallinaceae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | stationary, attached, epibiont (based on Corallinaceae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photoautotroph (based on Corallinaceae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Corallinaceae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | D. Bassi. 1998. Coralline algal facies and their palaeoenvironments in the Late Eocene of northern Italy (Calcare di Nago, Trento). Facies 39:179-202 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | Korallalger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corallina |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Corallina aberrans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina arbuscula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina armata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina bathybentha species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina berterii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina bifurca species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina caespitosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina carinata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina ceratoides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina confusa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina crassissima species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina declinata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina elegans species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina eniwetokensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina ferreyrai species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina frondescens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina gomphonemacea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina grandis âśť species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
Corallina hayasaki âśť species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
Corallina janioides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina marshallensis âśť species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
Corallina mauritiana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina muscoides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina officinalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina panizzoi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina pilulifera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina pinnatifolia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina polysticha species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina pumila species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina racemosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina radiata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina squamata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina tridens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina typica âśť species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
Corallina vancouverensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Corallina vancouveriensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Joculator Manza, 1937 | GBIF | genus | Plantae : Rhodophyta : Florideophyceae : Corallinales : Corallinaceae : Joculator |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1984 | Corallina Moussavian |
1998 | Corallina Bailey and Chapman p. 694 |
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!