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Roundyella dorsopapillosa

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Scrobiculidae

Taxonomy
Roundyella dorsopapillosa was named by Sohn (1954). Its type specimen is USNM 118378 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM703c, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian slope limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Roundyella dorsopapillosa Sohn p. 19 figs. Pl 1, figs 20-26; pl 4, figs 14,22

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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
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
orderLeperditellocopidaAbushik 1990
suborderLeiocopinaSchallreuter 1973
familyScrobiculidaePosner 1951
genusRoundyella
speciesdorsopapillosa

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.
valve height20.5650.5500.5800.5650.021

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-06 00:42:06
Modified: 2010-02-23 22:46:12
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Alvarez et al. 2008

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Changhsingian or 290.10000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Roundyella dorsopapillosa (117948)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Roundyella dorsopapillosa (type locality: 43517)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Fujian) Roundyella dorsopapillosa (121288 121291)