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Cornigella parva

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Aechminellidae

Taxonomy
Cornigella parva was named by Kellett (1933). Its type specimen is USNM 85432 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fort Riley cemetery, Highway 40, Riley County, which is in an Artinskian shallow subtidal limestone in the Fort Riley Formation of Kansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Cornigella parva Kellett p. 73 figs. Pl 13, figs 33,34
1988Cornigella parva Melnyk and Maddocks p. 29

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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
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
orderBeyrichicopida(Pokorný 1954)
suborderBinodicopina(Schallreuter 1972)
familyAechminellidaeSohn
genusCornigellaWarthin 1930
speciesparva

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.

†Cornigella parva Kellett 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height10.260

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: Kiessling 2004, Alvarez et al. 2008

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Kansas) Cornigella parva (type locality: 110314 110316)