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Moorites irwini

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Youngiellidae

Taxonomy
Moorites irwini was named by Ferdinando (2001). Its type specimen is UWA 128920 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. elongatus, M. gurjevskiensis, M. punktus, M. tumidus, M. vassinoensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Moorites irwini Ferdinando p. 109 figs. Pl 13, figs 17-29; pl 14, figs 1-6

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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
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
orderBeyrichicopida(Pokorný 1954)
suborderBinodicopina(Schallreuter 1972)
familyYoungiellidae
genusMoorites
speciesirwini

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.

†Moorites irwini Ferdinando 2001
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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: suspension feedero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-06 00:42:06
Modified: 2010-02-23 22:46:12
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Alvarez et al. 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) Moorites irwini (108211 108214 108229 108241 108247 108279 108281 108282 108285 108290 108293 108296 108297 108298)