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Macrocypris datianensis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Macrocyprididae

Taxonomy
Macrocypris datianensis was named by Yi (1993). Its type specimen is Fuzhou Univ Dep Geol Mining Eng 13539, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Guangping DG-11, Datian, which is in a Kungurian shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Qixia Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2010-04-24

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Macrocypris datianensis Yi p. 574 figs. Pl 3, figs 7,8

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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
suborderCypridocopinaJones 1901
superfamilyMacrocypridoideaMüller 1912
familyMacrocyprididaeMuller 1912
genusMacrocypris
speciesdatianensis

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 height20.5620.5000.6320.5660.093

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marinec
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: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Fujian) Macrocypris datianensis (95706 type locality: 95707)