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Cymopolia kurdistanensis

Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae

Taxonomy
Cymopolia kurdistanensis was named by Elliot (1960). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. delicata, C. dubia, C. frugifera, C. miocenica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Cymopolia kurdistanensis Elliot

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RankNameAuthor
—Life
—Eukaryota()
—Archaeplastida
—Chloroplastida
phylumChlorophytaReichenbach 1834
RankNameAuthor
classChlorophyceaeKützing 1843
orderDasycladalesKützing 1860
familyDasycladaceaeKutzing 1843
genusCymopoliaLamouroux 1816
specieskurdistanensisElliot 1960

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.

†Cymopolia kurdistanensis Elliot 1960
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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 06:09:29
Source: o = order, p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Ypresian or 61.60000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Iraq (Kurdistan) Cymopolia kurdistanensis (215057 215058)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Iraq (Kurdistan) Cymopolia kurdistanensis (215082 215083 215084 215085 215086 215087 215089 215090 215097 215098 215099)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Iraq (Sulaymaniyah) Cymopolia kurdistanensis (215121 215123 215126 215128 215129 215138)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Iraq (Kurdistan) Cymopolia kurdistanensis (215110 215111 215112)