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Sunella

Sunellidae

Taxonomy
Sunella was named by Huo (1965) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. Its type is Sunella bispinata.

It was assigned to Archaeocopida by Bengtson (1992); to Ostracoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Sunellidae by Sun et al. (2021), Chen et al. (2025).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Sunella Huo
1992Sunella Bengtson p. 1022
2002Sunella Sepkoski
2021Sunella Sun et al.
2025Sunella Chen et al. p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
RankNameAuthor
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
familySunellidaeHuo 1965
genusSunellaHuo 1965

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.

G. †Sunella Huo 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2004-02-29 09:38:49
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:38:49
Source: p = phylum
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Bartonian or 521.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0China (Guizhou) S. sp. (96648)
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.5China (Hubai) S. sp. (219687)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Kazakhstan S. parva (10012)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) S. branderi (42639)