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Coelonella longula

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Coelonellidae

Taxonomy
Microcoelonella longula was named by Chen (1958). Its type specimen is NIGP 9069 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AV-55, Guanshan Section, Longtan, Nanjing City, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

It was recombined as Coelonella longula by Chen and Bao (1986), Yi (1990).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. crassa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Microcoelonella longula Chen p. 218 figs. Pl 2, figs 30-33,37-41
1986Coelonella longula Chen and Bao p. 114 figs. Pl 1, figs 5,6
1990Coelonella longula Yi p. 737 figs. Pl 1, figs 9,10

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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
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
suborderKloedenellocopinaScott 1961
superfamilyParaparchitoideaScott 1959
familyCoelonellidaeSohn 1971
genusCoelonellaStewart 1936
specieslongula()

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.

†Coelonella longula Chen 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height40.4460.4000.4900.4500.037
valve height10.408----

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: Alvarez et al. 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Sakmarian to the top of the Changhsingian or 293.52000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1China (Fujian) Coelonella longula (95696)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Jiangsu) Coelonella longula (142168 142170 142173 142182 142184 142186 142187 142190) Microcoelonella longula (142174 142178 142183)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Fujian) Coelonella longula (121230 121288)