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Samarella meishanella

Ostracoda - Metacopida - Rishonidae

Taxonomy
Samarella meishanella was named by Forel (2010). Its type specimen is P6M2400, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. crassa, S. minuta, S. reversa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Samarella meishanella Forel p. 339 figs. 4Y-A'
2015Samarella meishanella Forel et al. p. 436 figs. 22F-H

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
superorderPodocopamorpha(Kozur 1972)
orderMetacopidaSylvester-Bradley 1961
familyRishonidaeSohn 1960
genusSamarellaPolenova 1952
speciesmeishanella

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.

†Samarella meishanella Forel 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height40.3830.3200.4800.3750.070
valve height30.3500.3100.4090.3370.051

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-06 02:57:20
Modified: 2010-02-23 22:27:18
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Alvarez et al. 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Changhsingian to the top of the Griesbachian or 254.17000 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections (72 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Iran Samarella meishanella (168921 168925 168926)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Hungary Samarella meishanella (140066)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Zhejiang) Paraparchites texanus (117572 117575 117576 117577 117579 117580 117581 117582 117586 117587 117588 117590 117592 117595 117596 117597 117598 117599 117601 117615 117616 117617 117618 117619 117620 117621 117622 117623 117624 117625 117626 117628 117629 117630 117632 117633 117642 117643 117645 117647 117654 117655 117656 117659 117660 117661 117662 117663 117664 117665 117666 117667 117668 117669 117670 117671 117673 117674) Samarella meishanella (97896 97904 97910 97915 97919 97920 97921 97923)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Hungary Samarella meishanella (140069 140071)