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Microcheilinellidae

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae

Taxonomy
Microcheilinellidae was named by Gramm (1975). Its type is Microcheilinella.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pachydomellidae by Kozur (1985), Crasquin and Forel (2010); it was synonymized subjectively with Sigilliidae by Tanaka (2018).

It was assigned to Bairdioidea by Crasquin (2008); to Metacopida by Abushik and Evdokimova (2016); to Sigilloidea by Zazzali et al. (2015), Chitnarin (2017), Chitnarin and Ketwetsuriya (2021); and to Sigillioidea by Forel (2017), Forel (2017), Kolar-Jurkovšek et al. (2024).

Subtaxa
Microcheilinella (syn. Alveus) (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Microcheilinellidae Gramm
2008Microcheilinellidae Crasquin p. 249
2015Microcheilinellidae Zazzali et al. p. 294
2016Microcheilinellidae Abushik and Evdokimova p. 712
2017Microcheilinellidae Chitnarin p. 680
2017Microcheilinellidae Forel p. 28
2021Microcheilinellidae Chitnarin and Ketwetsuriya p. 6
2024Microcheilinellidae Kolar-Jurkovšek et al. p. 184

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilySigillioidea(Mandelstam 1960)
familyMicrocheilinellidaeGramm 1975
familyMicrocheilinellidaeGramm 1975

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.

Fm. †Microcheilinellidae Gramm 1975
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G. †Microcheilinella Geis 1933
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†Microcheilinella aculeata Buschmina 1975
†Microcheilinella inflata Kellett 1935
†Microcheilinella lata Crasquin 2008
†Microcheilinella mariettensis Kesling and Chilman 1978
†Microcheilinella pagodaensis Zazzali et al. 2015
†Microcheilinella peculiaris Rozhdestvenskaya and Netchaeva 1972
†Microcheilinella peroi Kozur 1985
†Microcheilinella shicheni Crasquin 2010
†Microcheilinella subovata Tanaka and Maeda 2012
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Invalid names: Microcheilinella bullata Guan 1978 [synonym]
†Microcheilinella tschikalyensis Kotschetkova 1972
†Microcheilinella tsubogawensis Tanaka and Ichida 2012
†Microcheilinella wujiapingensis Zazzali et al. 2015
Invalid names: Alveus Hamilton 1942 [synonym]
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: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-05 02:00:00
Modified: 2010-02-23 23:16:56
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Juuru to the top of the Illyrian or 443.10000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (341 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Juuru443.1 - 440.8Estonia Microcheilinella lubrica (77389)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Russian Federation Microcheilinella semibulbosa, Microcheilinella lubrica (24773)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Ukraine Microcheilinella variolaris (23343)
Adavere438.8 - 433.5Estonia (Saare) Microcheilinella semibulbosa (192058) Microcheilinella semibulbosa, Microcheilinella sp. (192057)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Ukraine Microcheilinella convexa (23350 23364)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Lithuania Microcheilinella ianica (207352 207353)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Russian Federation Microcheilinella sp. (24747)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) Microcheilinella ventrosa (81749)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62Russian Federation Microcheilinella sp. (24737)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) Microcheilinella regularis, Microcheilinella ventrosa (81750)
Pragian - Early/Lower Emsian413.02 - 399.5Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) Microcheilinella ventrosa (81797)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Russian Federation Microcheilinella larionovae (35713 35714) Microcheilinella ventrosa, Microcheilinella larionovae (35710 35711 35712 35749)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Russian Federation (Sverdlovskaya Oblast) Microcheilinella affinis (81802)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Russian Federation Microcheilinella larionovae (35715 35716 35718 35719) Microcheilinella ventrosa, Microcheilinella larionovae (35717 35720)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Michigan) Microcheilinella mariettensis (38475 38476)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31France Microcheilinella clava (38683) Microcheilinella sp., Microcheilinella affinis, Microcheilinella clava (38681)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31China Microcheilinella subinfradomanica (235938)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Ohio) Microcheilinella mariettensis (81857 206972 206973 206974)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Türkiye Microcheilinella peculiaris (200387)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Russian Federation (Siberia) Microcheilinella peculiaris (238652)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Poland Microcheilinella larionovae (35388) Microcheilinella postfecunda (35386 35391 35393 35394 35396 35397) Microcheilinella postfecunda, Microcheilinella peculiaris (35389)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5USA (Nevada) Microcheilinella peculiaris (158153)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Poland Microcheilinella voronensis (35402 35409)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Poland (Kostomloty) Microcheilinella sp. (162215 162216 162218)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Belgium (Liege) Microcheilinella shiloi, Microcheilinella sp. (75672)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Indiana) Microcheilinella spinosa (6733)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7China (Guizhou) Microcheilinella subcorbuloides (58462)
Chadian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) Microcheilinella sp. (2202)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 339.9USA (Indiana) Microcheilinella sp. (556)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Arkansas) Microcheilinella sp. (76148)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Texas) Microcheilinella sp. (236937)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Italy Microcheilinella sp. (49712)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Microcheilinella inflata (133145)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Microcheilinella inflata (95377 132990 132994 133137 133158)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9China (Zhejiang) Microcheilinella tschikalyensis (120917)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Thailand Microcheilinella sp. A, Microcheilinella sp. F, Microcheilinella sp. G (137899)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Japan Microcheilinella shigensis (197662)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Fujian) Microcheilinella venusta, Microcheilinella postspinosa (95696)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Zhejiang) Microcheilinella tschikalyensis (120907)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Thailand Microcheilinella sp. (137893)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Greece Microcheilinella sp. (112050)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Canada (British Columbia) Microcheilinella sp. 2 (106673)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3China (Fujian) Microcheilinella venusta (95700) Microcheilinella venusta, Microcheilinella postspinosa (95698 95702)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Fujian) Microcheilinella postspinosa, Microcheilinella subreniformis (95703 95705) Microcheilinella subreniformis (95709) Microcheilinella venusta, Microcheilinella subreniformis (95706)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Jiangsu) Microcheilinella postspinosa (142169 142183) Microcheilinella postspinosa, Microcheilinella speciosa (142167) Microcheilinella subreniformis (142170) Microcheilinella venusta (142164 142172 142174 142180) Microcheilinella venusta, Microcheilinella postspinosa (142181) Microcheilinella venusta, Microcheilinella postspinosa, Microcheilinella subreniformis, Microcheilinella speciosa (142188) Microcheilinella venusta, Microcheilinella speciosa (142173 142189) Microcheilinella venusta, Microcheilinella subreniformis (142175 142184 142186) Microcheilinella venusta, Microcheilinella subreniformis, Microcheilinella speciosa (142187)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Alveus depressus (43517)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Japan Microcheilinella subovata, Microcheilinella tsubogawensis (131084)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Guatemala Microcheilinella perexilis (155575) Microcheilinella perexilis, Spinomicrocheilinella postspinosa (155576) Microcheilinella sp. 1 (155574) Microcheilinella sp. 1, Microcheilinella dorsicostata (155572) Microcheilinella sp. 1, Spinomicrocheilinella postspinosa (155573) Microcheilinella subreniformis (155568)
Kungurian - Roadian283.3 - 266.9Thailand Microcheilinella sp. (164537)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Thailand Microcheilinella shicheni (137902 223972) Microcheilinella sp. (223887) Microcheilinella sp. C (223970) Microcheilinella sp. D (223963)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Thailand Microcheilinella sp. E (137918)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Türkiye Microcheilinella sp. (47913)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation Microcheilinella sp. (124391)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Sichuan) Microcheilinella pagodaensis (189461) Microcheilinella sp.1 (189443 189444) Microcheilinella sp.1, Microcheilinella pagodaensis (189439) Microcheilinella sp.1, Microcheilinella sp.2, Microcheilinella pagodaensis (189441 189442) Microcheilinella sp.2 (189446) Microcheilinella sp.3 (189467) Microcheilinella sp.4 (189468)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Thailand Microcheilinella sp. B (223983)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Azerbaijan Microcheilinella speciosa (110674 110675)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Tubulibairdia venusta (109844)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Greece Microcheilinella hungarica (112052) Microcheilinella postspinosa (112056 112067 112068 112081)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Lithuania Microcheilinella artiensis (45952 46183 46401 46427 46504) Microcheilinella nuciformis (46158 46203 46419 46520) Microcheilinella nuciformis, Microcheilinella artiensis (46159 46198 46202 46411 46414 46422)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Microcheilinella nuciformis, Microcheilinella artiensis (46204)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Sichuan) Microcheilinella anxianensis (148476) Microcheilinella pagodaensis (189476) Microcheilinella rectodorsata (189477) Microcheilinella sp. (148471 148475 148477) Microcheilinella sp.11 (189487) Microcheilinella sp.11, Microcheilinella sp.13, Microcheilinella rectodorsata, Microcheilinella pagodaensis (189488) Microcheilinella sp.12, Microcheilinella sp.13, Microcheilinella sp.14, Microcheilinella sp.15, Microcheilinella wujiapingensis (189480) Microcheilinella sp.13 (189490) Microcheilinella sp.5, Microcheilinella sp.15, Microcheilinella sp.17 (189482) Microcheilinella sp.5, Microcheilinella sp.6, Microcheilinella rectodorsata (189472) Microcheilinella sp.5, Microcheilinella sp.6, Microcheilinella sp.9, Microcheilinella sp.11, Microcheilinella sp.12, Microcheilinella sp.16, Microcheilinella pagodaensis (189486) Microcheilinella sp.6, Microcheilinella sp.10, Microcheilinella sp.11, Microcheilinella sp.14, Microcheilinella sp.15, Microcheilinella sp.16, Microcheilinella sp.17, Microcheilinella rectodorsata, Microcheilinella pagodaensis (189489) Microcheilinella sp.6, Microcheilinella sp.11 (189478) Microcheilinella sp.6, Microcheilinella sp.9, Microcheilinella sp.10, Microcheilinella sp.11, Microcheilinella sp.12, Microcheilinella sp.13, Microcheilinella sp.16, Microcheilinella rectodorsata (189484) Microcheilinella sp.7, Microcheilinella sp.8, Microcheilinella sp.9, Microcheilinella sp.10, Microcheilinella rectodorsata (189473) Microcheilinella sp.8 (189474 189475) Microcheilinella sp.8, Microcheilinella pagodaensis (189483) Microcheilinella sp.8, Microcheilinella sp.14, Microcheilinella sp.16, Microcheilinella pagodaensis (189481) Microcheilinella sp.9, Microcheilinella sp.10, Microcheilinella sp.11, Microcheilinella sp.12, Microcheilinella sp.13 (189479)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Hungary Microcheilinella buekkensis, Microcheilinella malyinkaensis, Microcheilinella postlaterospinosa (146247) Microcheilinella hungarica (146201) Microcheilinella laterospinosa (146233) Microcheilinella peroi (146248) Microcheilinella peroi, Microcheilinella posthungarica (146176) Microcheilinella visnyoensis (146200)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Azerbaijan Microcheilinella speciosa (110668 110680)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Italy Microcheilinella sp. (110840)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Guizhou) Microcheilinella qinglongensis (112004 112105)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) Microcheilinella qinglongensis (112086) Microcheilinella sp. 1, Microcheilinella venusta (132523) Microcheilinella venusta (95649 132518 132519 132522)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Italy Microcheilinella lata, Microcheilinella peraxilis (84134) Microcheilinella sp. 2, Microcheilinella lata (84151)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Iran Microcheilinella alborzella (125571 168899 168903) Microcheilinella rectodorsata (125568 168911 168912 168913 168920 168923) Microcheilinella rectodorsata, Microcheilinella alborzella (125570 168897 168898 168901 168915 168916 168917 168919 168921 168922) Microcheilinella sp. 1, Microcheilinella perexilis (220243) Microcheilinella sp. 1, Microcheilinella sp. 2, Microcheilinella perexilis (220244)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Fujian) Microcheilinella dorsicostata (121230) Microcheilinella dorsocostata (121228) Microcheilinella perexilis (121292 121293) Microcheilinella perexilis, Microcheilinella venusta, Microcheilinella dorsicostata (121288) Microcheilinella subreniformis (121229 121289) Microcheilinella venusta (121206) Microcheilinella venusta, Microcheilinella dorsicostata, Microcheilinella subreniformis (121291)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Sichuan) Microcheilinella anxianensis (148483 148491 148497 148500 148504 148506 148512) Microcheilinella sp. (148481 148489 148493 148503 148509 148514) Microcheilinella venusta (148501)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangxi) Microcheilinella aculeata (95339) Microcheilinella elatus (97101 97104)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Xizang) Microcheilinella subreniformis (106660) Microcheilinella venusta, Microcheilinella subreniformis (106653)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Slovenia Microcheilinella hungarica (234862 234864 234875 234876)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Zhejiang) Microcheilinella bicornuta (97925) Microcheilinella dorsicostata (117586 117599 117622 117628 117631 117633 117636 117637 117639) Microcheilinella dorsicostata, Microcheilinella subreniformis (117625 117638 117661) Microcheilinella perexilis (97904 117576 117577 117578 117579 117580 117647 117658) Microcheilinella perexilis, Microcheilinella dorsicostata, Microcheilinella subreniformis (117656) Microcheilinella perexilis, Microcheilinella rectodorsata (97889) Microcheilinella perexilis, Microcheilinella subreniformis (117590 117655 117669) Microcheilinella perexilis, Microcheilinella venusta, Microcheilinella dorsicostata, Microcheilinella subreniformis (117575 117592 117595 117596 117601 117664 117673) Microcheilinella perexilis, Microcheilinella venusta, Microcheilinella subreniformis (117574 117598 117642 117643 117670) Microcheilinella rectodorsata (97890 97893 97895 97905 97909 97918 97927) Microcheilinella rectodorsata, Microcheilinella bicornuta, Microcheilinella shicheni (97924) Microcheilinella rectodorsata, Microcheilinella multinodosa, Microcheilinella shicheni (97921) Microcheilinella rectodorsata, Microcheilinella shicheni (97912) Microcheilinella shicheni (97917) Microcheilinella sp. A, Microcheilinella perexilis (97908) Microcheilinella sp. A, Microcheilinella perexilis, Microcheilinella rectodorsata (97902) Microcheilinella sp. A, Microcheilinella perexilis, Microcheilinella shicheni (97919) Microcheilinella sp. A, Microcheilinella rectodorsata (97915) Microcheilinella sp. A, Microcheilinella venusta, Microcheilinella rectodorsata (97922) Microcheilinella sp. B, Microcheilinella rectodorsata, Microcheilinella bicornuta, Microcheilinella shicheni (97896) Microcheilinella sp. B, Microcheilinella rectodorsata, Microcheilinella dorsicostata, Microcheilinella bicornuta, Microcheilinella shicheni (97920) Microcheilinella subreniformis (117588 117593 117616 117648 117651 117660 117662 117666 117674) Microcheilinella venusta (97900 97926 117619 117645 117646 117657 117659) Microcheilinella venusta, Microcheilinella dorsicostata (117665) Microcheilinella venusta, Microcheilinella dorsicostata, Microcheilinella subreniformis (117668) Microcheilinella venusta, Microcheilinella qinglongensis (97916) Microcheilinella venusta, Microcheilinella rectodorsata, Microcheilinella shicheni (97910) Microcheilinella venusta, Microcheilinella subreniformis (117597)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Hungary Microcheilinella sp. E, Microcheilinella sp. D (140067) Microcheilinella sp. F, Microcheilinella sp. G, Microcheilinella rectodorsata (140058)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Hungary Microcheilinella egerensis (140071) Microcheilinella sp. C, Microcheilinella egerensis (140070) Microcheilinella sp. D, Microcheilinella egerensis (140075) Microcheilinella sp. E (140072) Microcheilinella sp. E, Microcheilinella sp. C, Microcheilinella egerensis (140069)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Zhejiang) Microcheilinella sp. 1 (116325) Microcheilinella sp. 2 (116323)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Türkiye Microcheilinella sp. 1 (169062 169080) Microcheilinella sp. 1, Microcheilinella sp. 2 (169081)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Pakistan Microcheilinella sp. (117952)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7China (Xizang) Microcheilinella sp. A (112027) Microcheilinella sp. B (112033) Microcheilinella sp. C (112032)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7China (Guangxi) Microcheilinella sp. 1 (106638) Microcheilinella venusta (106637)
Aegean246.7 - 244.99China (Xizang) Microcheilinella sp. C (112038)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Türkiye Microcheilinella sp. (98012)
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24Romania Microcheilinella spp., Microcheilinella egerensis, Microcheilinella contrariella (197722)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Türkiye Microcheilinella sp. (98002)