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Jonesina howardensis

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kloedenellidae

Taxonomy
Jonesina howardensis was named by Kellett (1933). Its type specimen is USNM 85439, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Brick plant cut in field, north of Gage Park, Topeka, which is in a Gzhelian carbonate limestone in the Howard Formation of Kansas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
J. apoglypha, J. oklahomensis, J. spinigera

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Jonesina howardensis Kellett p. 81 figs. Pl 13, figs 43-45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
suborderKloedenellocopinaScott 1961
superfamilyKloedenelloidea(Ulrich and Bassler 1908)
familyKloedenellidaeUlrich and Bassler 1908
genusJonesinaUlrich and Bassler 1908
specieshowardensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Jonesina howardensis Kellett 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height10.730

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-06 00:42:06
Modified: 2010-02-23 22:46:12
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Alvarez et al. 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Jonesina howardensis (type locality: 133142 133143)