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Arqoviella khartamensis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherissinellidae

Taxonomy
Arqoviella khartamensis was named by Crasquin-Soleau (2005). Its type specimen is P6M2117, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Buraydah - Al-Faydah 02KH23, which is in a Changhsingian offshore ramp limestone in the Khuff Formation of Saudi Arabia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Arqoviella khartamensis Crasquin-Soleau p. 862 figs. Pl 4, figs 4,5

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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
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyCytherissinellidaeKashevarova 1958
genusArqoviella
specieskhartamensis

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.

†Arqoviella khartamensis Crasquin-Soleau 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height30.3700.2200.4900.4700.150

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: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Saudi Arabia Arqoviella khartamensis (type locality: 87281)