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Fabalicypris alta

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae

Taxonomy
Fabalicypris alta was named by Chen (1958). Its type specimen is NIGP 9127 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AV-81, Guanshan Section, Longtan, Nanjing City, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Fabalicypris alta Chen p. 233 figs. Pl 7, figs 12,13
1987Fabalicypris alta Shi and Chen p. 53 figs. Pl 13, figs 7-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderBairdiocopinaGrundel 1967
superfamilyBairdioidea(Sars 1888)
familyBairdiidaeSars 1888
genusFabalicypris
speciesalta

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.

Fabalicypris alta Chen 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height30.5240.4000.9000.4000.289

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 Kungurian to the top of the Changhsingian or 279.30000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Jiangsu) Fabalicypris alta (142180 type locality: 142183)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Fujian) Fabalicypris alta (95705 95707 95709)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Zhejiang) Fabalicypris alta (117588 117596 117597 117598 117660 117662 117664 117668 117669 117670)