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Cypridina elliptica

Ostracoda - Myodocopida - Cypridinidae

Taxonomy
Cypridina elliptica was named by Gemmellaro (1890). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pietra di Salomone, calcare tenero, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. tonkinensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Cypridina elliptica Gemmellaro p. 35 figs. Pl 5, figs 34-36

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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
subclassMyodocopaSars 1866
orderMyodocopidaSars 1866
suborderMyodocopinaSars 1866
superfamilyCypridinoideaBaird 1850
familyCypridinidaeBaird 1850
genusCypridinaMilne-Edwards 1840
specieselliptica

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.

†Cypridina elliptica Gemmellaro 1890
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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: planktonico
Diet: suspension feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2010-02-05 01:48:12
Modified: 2010-02-23 23:10:00
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Cypridina elliptica (type locality: 108972)