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Microcheilinella hungarica

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae

Taxonomy
Microcheilinella hungarica was named by Kozur (1985). Its type specimen is P 1557/Ko 1980 I-20 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nagyvisnyo 4 borehole, Mihalovits quarry, sample Nv 4/24, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Nagyvisnyo Formation of Hungary.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. clava, M. elatus, M. larionovae, M. lufengshanensis, M. subcorbuloides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Microcheilinella hungarica Kozur p. 95 figs. Pl 19, fig 7
1998Microcheilinella hungarica Crasquin-Soleau figs. Pl 7, fig 10
2024Microcheilinella hungarica Kolar-Jurkovšek et al. p. 184 figs. Pl 1, figs 14,15

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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
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilySigillioidea(Mandelstam 1960)
familyMicrocheilinellidaeGramm 1975
genusMicrocheilinellaGeis 1933
specieshungarica

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
carapace height10.270

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-05 02:00:00
Modified: 2010-02-23 23:16:56
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.90000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Hungary Microcheilinella hungarica (type locality: 146201)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Greece Microcheilinella hungarica (112052)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Slovenia Microcheilinella hungarica (234862 234864 234875 234876)