See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330432279 Coralline red algae from the Silurian of Gotland indicate that the order Corallinales (Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta) is much older than previously thought Article in Palaeontology · January 2019 DOI: 10.1111/pala.12418 CITATIONS READS 4 487 3 authors: Sebastian Teichert William J. Woelkerling Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg La Trobe University 29 PUBLICATIONS 249 CITATIONS 149 PUBLICATIONS 4,804 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE SEE PROFILE Axel Munnecke Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg 201 PUBLICATIONS 5,073 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Cephalopod Taphonomy: from soft-tissues to shell material View project Reef recovery after the end-Ordovician extinction View project All content following this page was uploaded by Sebastian Teichert on 23 January 2019. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. [Palaeontology, 2019, pp. 1–15] CORALLINE RED ALGAE FROM THE SILURIAN OF GOTLAND INDICATE THAT THE ORDER CORALLINALES (CORALLINOPHYCIDAE, RHODOPHYTA) IS MUCH OLDER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT by SEBASTIAN TEICHERT1 , WILLIAM WOELKERLING2 and AXEL MUNNECKE1 1Fachgruppe Pal€aoumwelt, GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Friedrich-Alexander-Universit€at Erlangen-Nurnberg€ (FAU), Erlangen, Germany;
[email protected] 2Department of Ecology, Environment & Evolution, La Trobe University, Kingsbury Drive, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia Typescript received 30 August 2018; accepted in revised form 3 December 2018 Abstract: Aguirrea fluegelii gen. et sp. nov. (Corallinales, within the family Corallinaceae and order Corallinales. Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta) is described from the mid- Extant evolutionary history studies of Corallinophycidae Silurian of Gotland Island, Sweden (Hogklint€ Formation, involving molecular clocks now require updating using new lower Wenlock).