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Kamaenella

Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Beresellaceae

Taxonomy
Kamaenella is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Palaeobereselleae by Kiessling (2003).

Species lacking formal opinion data
K. denbighi, K. dengighi, K. tenuis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Kamaenella Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
subkingdomViridiplantaeCavalier-Smith 1981
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
classChlorophyceaeKützing 1843
RankNameAuthor
orderDasycladalesKützing 1860
familyBeresellaceaeDeloffre 1988
tribePalaeobereselleaeMamet and Roux 1974
genusKamaenella

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Architecture: porouso
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, oligotrophic, hypersaline, marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: "photoautotroph"o
Created: 2006-07-05 08:29:01
Modified: 2007-10-05 11:09:29
Source: o = order, p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Holkerian to the top of the Asbian or 346.70000 to 335.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holkerian346.7 - 339.9Ireland K. sp. (76882)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Ireland K. sp. (76709)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9United Kingdom (England) K. denbighi, K. tenuis (76085)
Asbian - Brigantian339.9 - 330.3Ireland K. sp. (73468)