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Kockelella ✝
| Description | Kockelella is an extinct genus of conodonts in the family Kockelellidae from the Silurian. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kockelella, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Kockelellidae : Kockelella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Conodonta : Ozarkodinida : Kockelellidae : Kockelella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Kockelella Walliser, 1957 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Notizbl. Hess. Landesamt. Bodenforsch. Wiesbaden 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 450 - 444 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 426 - 419 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Conodonta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | well-developed (based on Conodonta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Conodonta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite (based on Conodonta) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | O. H. Walliser. 1957. Conodonten aus dem oberen Gotlandium Deutschlands und der Karnischen\r\nAlpen. Notizblatt des hessischen Landesamtes fur Bodenforschung, Wiesbaden 85:28-52 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kockelella |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Kockelella amsdeni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 433 Ma Silurian | 431 Ma Silurian | |
| Kockelella corpulenta ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 433 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
| Kockelella manitoulinensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 55 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 439 Ma Silurian | |
| Kockelella ortus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 115 | 433 Ma Silurian | 426 Ma Silurian | |
| Kockelella patula ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 441 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
| Kockelella ranuliformis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 72 | 443 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
| Kockelella stauros ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 433 Ma Silurian | 427 Ma Silurian | |
| Kockelella variabilis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 87 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 426 Ma Silurian | |
| Kockelella walliseri ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 25 | 433 Ma Silurian | 433 Ma Silurian | |
| Ozarkodina ortus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Spathognathodus corpulentus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Spathognathodus manitoulinensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Spathognathodus ranuliformis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Spathognathodus walliseri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1957 | Kockelella Walliser |
| 2002 | Kockelella Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2005 | Kockelella Wickström and Donoghue |
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!
