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Roundyella simplex

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Scrobiculidae

Taxonomy
Kirkbya simplex was named by Girty (1910). Its type specimen is USNM 119854, a carapace (valve), and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Amphissites simplex by Roth (1929); it was recombined as Roundyella simplex by Sohn (1969).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. augustai, R. concentrica, R. mopacifa, R. pokornyi, R. reticulata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Kirkbya simplex Girty p. 235
1929Amphissites simplex Roth p. 9
1969Roundyella simplex Sohn pp. 44 – 45 figs. pl. 6 f. 1-2

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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
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
orderLeperditellocopidaAbushik 1990
suborderLeiocopinaSchallreuter 1973
familyScrobiculidaePosner 1951
genusRoundyella
speciessimplex()

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.

†Roundyella simplex Girty 1910
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Kiessling 2004, Alvarez et al. 2008

Age range: Meramecian or 342.90000 to 335.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Arkansas) Roundyella simplex (76148)