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Cavellina nebrascensis

Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cavellinidae

Taxonomy
Cythere nebrascensis was named by Geinitz (1866).

It was recombined as Cavellina nebrascensis by Kellett (1935).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Cythere nebrascensis Geinitz
1935Cavellina nebrascensis Kellett p. 146 figs. Pl 18, figs 1a-k

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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
orderPlatycopidaSars 1866
suborderPlatycopinaSars 1866
superfamilyCavellinoideaEgorov 1950
familyCavellinidaeEgorov 1950
genusCavellinaCoryell 1928
speciesnebrascensis(Geinitz 1866)

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.

†Cavellina nebrascensis Geinitz 1866
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height30.6400.6200.6500.6500.017
valve height10.650----

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: suspension feedero
Vision: blindo
Created: 2010-02-05 01:56:31
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:59:51
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Changhsingian or 303.70000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Cavellina nebrascensis (95377 132990 132991 133136 133137 133138 133141 133148 133149 133158 133160 133164)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Kansas) Cavellina nebrascensis (95379 110320)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Cythere nebrascensis (108766)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Kansas) Cavellina nebrascensis (110314 110319)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guangxi) Cavellina nebrascensis (95339 97100 97101)