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Siciliella prima

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Rectonariidae

Taxonomy
Siciliella prima was named by Crasquin (2008). Its type specimen is MHNG201494, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PR19, Portella Rossa 1 section, Croce di Burgio, which is in a Kungurian deep-water shale in the Lercara Formation of Italy. It is the type species of Siciliella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Siciliella prima Crasquin p. 550 figs. Pl 4, figs 9-11,?12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderBairdiocopinaGrundel 1967
superfamilyBairdiocypridoidea(Shaver 1961)
familyRectonariidaeGruendel 1962
genusSiciliella
speciesprima

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.

†Siciliella prima Crasquin 2008
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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: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kungurian or 283.30000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Italy Siciliella prima (type locality: 106547 106548 106549)