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Cavellina bellerophonella

Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cavellinidae

Taxonomy
Cavellina bellerophonella was named by Crasquin (2008). Its type specimen is P6M2330, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bulla section BU1A, ostracod unit, Ortisei, which is in a Changhsingian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal marl/dolomite in the Bellerophon Formation of Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Cavellina bellerophonella Crasquin p. 254 figs. Pl 6, figs 3-7
2024Cavellina bellerophonella Kolar-Jurkovšek et al. p. 182 figs. Pl 1, fig 11

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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
orderPlatycopidaSars 1866
suborderPlatycopinaSars 1866
superfamilyCavellinoideaEgorov 1950
familyCavellinidaeEgorov 1950
genusCavellinaCoryell 1928
speciesbellerophonella

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.

†Cavellina bellerophonella Crasquin 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height30.4030.3700.4200.4200.029

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: suspension feedero
Vision: blindo
Created: 2010-02-05 01:56:31
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:59:51
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Slovenia Cavellina bellerophonella (234859 234860 234861 234866 234869 234871 234875)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Italy Cavellina bellerophonella (type locality: 87163 87165 87193 87194)