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Cavellina gerryi

Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cavellinidae

Taxonomy
Cavellina gerryi was named by Crasquin-Soleau (1999). Its type specimen is MGL74710, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Cavellina gerryi Crasquin-Soleau p. 171 figs. Pl 4, figs 9-11

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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
orderPlatycopidaSars 1866
suborderPlatycopinaSars 1866
superfamilyCavellinoideaEgorov 1950
familyCavellinidaeEgorov 1950
genusCavellinaCoryell 1928
speciesgerryi

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.

†Cavellina gerryi Crasquin-Soleau 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height30.6130.5300.6700.6500.076

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: suspension feedero
Vision: blindo
Created: 2010-02-05 01:56:31
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:59:51
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Changhsingian or 266.90000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Oman Cavellina gerryi (49846 49861 49863 49918 49920 121886 121889)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Zhejiang) Cavellina gerryi (97889 97890 97893)