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Zepaera

Bradoriida - Comptalutidae

Taxonomy
Zepaera was named by Fleming (1973) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Atda-u Cm mMid-u Sepkoski's reference number: 131,1006].

It was assigned to Archaeocopida by Bengtson (1992); to Ostracoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Comptalutinae by Jones and Laurie (2006).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Zepaera Fleming
1992Zepaera Bengtson p. 1022
2002Zepaera Sepkoski
2006Zepaera Jones and Laurie p. 211

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
RankNameAuthor
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
orderBradoriida(Raymond 1935)
familyComptalutidaeOpik 1968
subfamilyComptalutinaeOpik 1968
genusZepaeraFleming 1973

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. †Zepaera Fleming 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektobenthicc
Diet: omnivorec
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-21 09:33:41
Modified: 2010-02-05 06:30:11
Source: c = class
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Atdabanian to the top of the Templetonian or 521.00000 to 504.50000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cambrian538.8 - 506.5Australia (South Australia) Z. sp. (215374 215377 215444)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Australia (South Australia) Z. jagoi (140339 140341)
Stage 3521.0 - 514.5Australia (South Australia) Z. sp. (275185)
Botomian516.0 - 512.1Australia (South Australia) Z. sp. (67981)
Templetonian508.0 - 504.5Australia (Queensland) Z. rete (70046)
Middle Cambrian506.5 - 497.0Australia (Northern Territory) Z. sp. (59989 59999 60028)