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Siveterella pax

Ostracoda - Myodocopida - Cylindroleberididae

Taxonomy
Siveterella pax was named by Kornicker and Sohn (2000). Its type specimen is USNM 496730, a valve (Right valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM9260, Episkopi, Hydra Island, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine packstone/wackestone in the Episkopi Formation of Greece. It is the type species of Siveterella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Siveterella pax Kornicker and Sohn p. 23 fig. 16,17

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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
orderMyodocopidaSars 1866
suborderMyodocopinaSars 1866
superfamilyCypridinoideaBaird 1850
familyCylindroleberididaeMüller 1906
subfamilyAsteropteroninaeKornicker 1981
genusSiveterella
speciespax

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.

Siveterella pax Kornicker and Sohn 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height11.66----
valve height21.641.551.731.640.127

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: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Greece Siveterella pax (type locality: 42460 42461)