Gosaukammerella is a genus of strophomenid brachiopods, with one species Gosaukammerella eomesozoica. It was originally thought to be a problematic calcareous alga, and described under the name Pycnoporidium eomesozoicum.[1]
Gosaukammerella Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
Class: | †Strophomenata |
Order: | †Productida (?) |
Genus: | †Gosaukammerella |
References
edit- ^ Senowbari-Daryan, B.; Flügel, E. (1996). "A 'Problematic fossil' revealed:Pycnoporidium ? eomesozoicum Flügel, 1972 (Late Triassic, Tethys)—not an enigmatic alga but a strophomenid brachiopod (Gosaukammerella n.g.)". Facies. 34 (1): 83–99. Bibcode:1996Faci...34...83S. doi:10.1007/BF02546158.