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Aracajuia fragilis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Discussion

The diagnosis follows Piovesan et al. (2013). After a major review of the genera Amphicytherura and Aracajuia by Antonietto et al. (2013), the species has been transferred to the latter.

Taxonomy
Aracajuia fragilis was named by Piovesan and Nicolaidis (2013) [Antonietto et al. (2016) age data: Cretaceous, Albian. Reference number: 64788.]. Its type specimen is ULVG-9438, a shell (Carapace), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Aracajuia fragilis Piovesan and Nicolaidis p. 247 figs. 4.7a-d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyTrachyleberididaeSylvester-Bradley 1948
genusAracajuiaKrömmelbein 1967
speciesfragilisPiovesan and Nicolaidis 2013

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.

†Aracajuia fragilis Piovesan and Nicolaidis 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available