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Kokia
Description | Kokia may refer to: From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokia, 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 : Chromista : Haptophyta : Prymnesiophyceae : Kokia | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Haptophyta : Prymnesiophyceae : Kokia | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | doubtful | |||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Kokia K.Perch-Nielsen, 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | INA (Int Nannoplankton Assoc) Newsl 10 (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | oceanic,oligotrophic,marine,brackish (based on Haptophyta) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | passively mobile (based on Haptophyta) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | photoautotroph (based on Haptophyta) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Haptophyta) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. R. Bown and J. R. Young. 1997. Mesozoic calcareous nannoplankton classification. Journal of Nannoplankton Research. 19:21-36 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokia |
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Kokia borealis species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Kokia curvata species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Kokia stellata species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1988 | Kokia Perch-Nielsen |
1997 | Kokia Bown and Young |
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!