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Microcheilinella rectodorsata

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae

Taxonomy
Microcheilinella rectodorsata was named by Forel (2010). Its type specimen is P6M2408, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Meishan 04C16-3, Bed 16, Meishan D, which is in a Changhsingian offshore ramp lime mudstone in the Changxing Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. clava, M. elatus, M. larionovae, M. lufengshanensis, M. subcorbuloides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Microcheilinella rectodorsata Forel p. 359 figs. 22A-G
2015Microcheilinella rectodorsata Forel et al. p. 423 figs. 11C-F
2015Microcheilinella rectodorsata Zazzali et al. p. 300 figs. 11K, L

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilySigillioidea(Mandelstam 1960)
familyMicrocheilinellidaeGramm 1975
genusMicrocheilinellaGeis 1933
speciesrectodorsata

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
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
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: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.51000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Sichuan) Microcheilinella rectodorsata (189472 189473 189477 189484 189488 189489)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Iran Microcheilinella rectodorsata (125568 125570 168897 168898 168901 168911 168912 168913 168915 168916 168917 168919 168920 168921 168922 168923)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Hungary Microcheilinella rectodorsata (140058)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Zhejiang) Microcheilinella rectodorsata (97889 97890 97893 97895 97896 97902 97905 97909 97910 type locality: 97912 97915 97918 97920 97921 97922 97924 97927)