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Microcheilinella subreniformis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae

Taxonomy
Microcheilinella subreniformis was named by Chen (1958). Its type specimen is NIGP 9115 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AV-50, Guanshan Section, Longtan, Nanjing City, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in the Qixia Formation of China.

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Microcheilinella subreniformis Chen p. 229 figs. Pl 2, figs 7-11,24-29
1978Microcheilinella bullata Guan
1987Microcheilinella subreniformis Shi and Chen p. 61 figs. Pl 14, figs 14-22

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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
speciessubreniformis

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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Invalid names: Microcheilinella bullata Guan 1978 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height20.3140.2600.3800.3200.085
shell height10.280----

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 283.30000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Fujian) Microcheilinella subreniformis (95703 95705 95706 95709)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Guatemala Microcheilinella subreniformis (155568)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Jiangsu) Microcheilinella subreniformis (142170 type locality: 142175 142184 142186 142187 142188)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Fujian) Microcheilinella subreniformis (121229 121289 121291)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Xizang) Microcheilinella subreniformis (106653 106660)