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Microcheilinella venusta

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae

Taxonomy
Microcheilinella venusta was named by Chen (1958). Its type specimen is NIGP 9116 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AV-49, Guanshan Section, Longtan, Nanjing City, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

It was recombined as Tubulibairdia venusta by Ishizaki (1964).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. clava, M. elatus, M. larionovae, M. lufengshanensis, M. subcorbuloides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Microcheilinella venusta Chen p. 230 figs. Pl 2, figs 12-17
1964Tubulibairdia venusta Ishizaki p. 158 figs. Pl 18, figs 11,12; text-figs 12,13
1987Microcheilinella venusta Shi and Chen p. 61 figs. Pl 15, figs 20,21
1990Microcheilinella venusta Yi p. 742 figs. Pl 2, figs 5,6
2006Microcheilinella venusta Crasquin-Soleau p. 64 figs. Pl 4, fig 12
2010Microcheilinella venusta Crasquin and Forel p. 361 fig. 22I,J
2012Microcheilinella venusta Forel p. 21 fig. 13Q

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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
genusMicrocheilinellaGeis 1933
speciesvenusta

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height40.4020.3100.5000.4100.078
valve height20.3250.2400.4400.3400.141

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 Sakmarian to the top of the Spathian or 293.52000 to 246.70000 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Fujian) Microcheilinella venusta (95696)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3China (Fujian) Microcheilinella venusta (95698 95700 95702)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Fujian) Microcheilinella venusta (95706)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Jiangsu) Microcheilinella venusta (142164 142172 142173 type locality: 142174 142175 142180 142181 142184 142186 142187 142188 142189)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Tubulibairdia venusta (109844)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Sichuan) Microcheilinella venusta (148501)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Xizang) Microcheilinella venusta (106653)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) Microcheilinella venusta (95649 132518 132519 132522 132523)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Fujian) Microcheilinella venusta (121206 121288 121291)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Zhejiang) Microcheilinella venusta (97900 97910 97916 97922 97926 117574 117575 117592 117595 117596 117597 117598 117601 117619 117642 117643 117645 117646 117657 117659 117664 117665 117668 117670 117673)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7China (Guangxi) Microcheilinella venusta (106637)