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Eumiraculum changxingensis

Ostracoda

Taxonomy
Eumiraculum changxingensis was named by Chen (1987). Its type specimen is NIGP 91749 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Meishan Ostracod Sample 58a, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Changxing Formation of China. It is the type species of Eumiraculum.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Eumiraculum changxingensis Chen
2010Eumiraculum changxingensis Crasquin and Forel p. 364 fig. 20L

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
genusEumiraculum
specieschangxingensis

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 height30.2420.2100.2600.2600.029

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-04 06:54:01
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:59:32
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Zhejiang) Eumiraculum changxingensis (97905 type locality: 117574 117596)