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Entomoconchus elongatus

Ostracoda - Halocyprida - Entomoconchidae

Taxonomy
Entomoconchus elongatus 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
E. scouleri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Entomoconchus elongatus Gemmellaro p. 37 figs. Pl 5, figs 43-46

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassMyodocopaSars 1866
orderHalocypridaDana 1853
suborderHalocypridinaDana 1853
superfamilyEntomoconchoidea(Brady 1868)
familyEntomoconchidaeBrady 1868
subfamilyEntomoconchinaeBrady 1868
genusEntomoconchus
specieselongatus

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.

†Entomoconchus elongatus 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: 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: 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 Entomoconchus elongatus (type locality: 108972)