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Bradleya tongaensis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Thaerocytheridae

Taxonomy
Bradleya tongaensis was named by Hazel and Holden (1971). Its type specimen is USNM 651472 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vaingana, Eua Island, which is in a Priabonian offshore shelf limestone in Tonga.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. acceptabilis, B. cornueleana, B. cuneazea, B. dictyonites, B. opima, B. proarata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Bradleya tongaensis Hazel and Holden p. 3 figs. Plate 1, figures 10-12,14-17, 20, 21; plate 3, figure 21

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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
superfamilyTrachyleberidoideaLiebau 2005
familyThaerocytheridaeHazel 1967
subfamilyBradleyinaeBenson 1972
genusBradleya
speciestongaensis

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.

†Bradleya tongaensis Hazel and Holden 1971
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Diagnosis
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