Calpionella

Calpionella; Temporal range: Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukarya
(unranked):	SAR
(unranked):	Alveolata
Family:	Calpionellidae
Genus:	Calpionella; Lorenz, 1902
Species
	Calpionella alpina Lorenz, 1902; Calpionella elliptica Cadisch, 1932;

Calpionella is an extinct genus of single celled eukaryotes. Their fossils are found in rocks of Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous age.^[1]

Naming

The name is derived from the Greek "κάλπις", meaning "water jug".

^ Bolli, Hans M.; Saunders, John B.; Fancett, Katharina Perch-Nielsen, eds. (1989). Plankton stratigraphy (1st paperback ed.). Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0521367196.

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