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Silenites lenticularis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae

Taxonomy
Carbonia lenticularis was named by Knight (1928). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 6. 200 ft. north of Clayton Rd., 1st street west of Kirkwood-Ferguson Trolly tracks, "Davis Place" subdivision, Clayton, which is in a Desmoinesian carbonate limestone in the Pawnee Formation of Missouri.

It was recombined as Silenites lenticularis by Kellett (1935), Shi and Chen (1987).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. warei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Carbonia lenticularis Knight p. 335 figs. Pl 44, figs 9a,b
1935Silenites lenticularis Kellett p. 151 figs. Pl 17, figs 9a-i
1987Silenites lenticularis Shi and Chen p. 62 figs. Pl 15, figs 1-3

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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
suborderBairdiocopinaGrundel 1967
superfamilyBairdiocypridoidea(Shaver 1961)
familyBairdiocyprididaeShaver 1961
genusSilenites
specieslenticularis(Knight 1928)

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.

†Silenites lenticularis Knight 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height30.7250.6600.7800.7400.061
shell height10.280----

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: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: base of the Kasimovian to the top of the Changhsingian or 307.00000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Carbonia lenticularis (69770)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Silenites lenticularis (132992)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Silenites lenticularis (95377 132987 132990 132991 132994 133138 133148 133158)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Kansas) Silenites lenticularis (88235 93781)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Kansas) Silenites lenticularis (110313)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3China (Fujian) Silenites lenticularis (95699 95702)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Fujian) Silenites lenticularis (95705 95707 95710)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Fujian) Silenites lenticularis (121229 121289)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Xizang) Silenites lenticularis (106655)