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Microcheilinella shicheni

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae

Taxonomy
Microcheilinella shicheni was named by Crasquin (2010). Its type specimen is P6M2416, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Meishan 04C21-1, Bed 21, 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 shicheni Crasquin p. 361 fig. 2H,K,L,Q

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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
speciesshicheni

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.

†Microcheilinella shicheni Crasquin 2010
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height50.4140.3500.4800.4000.050

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: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Changhsingian or 274.40000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Thailand Microcheilinella shicheni (137902 223972)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Zhejiang) Microcheilinella shicheni (97896 97910 97912 97917 type locality: 97919 97920 97921 97924) Microcheilinella subreniformis (117574 117575 117588 117590 117592 117593 117595 117596 117597 117598 117601 117616 117625 117638 117642 117643 117648 117651 117655 117656 117660 117661 117662 117664 117666 117668 117669 117670 117673 117674)