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Balticella

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Balticellidae

Taxonomy
Balticella was named by Thorslund (1940) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llde-u O Cara-l Sepkoski's reference number: 855]. It is not extant. Its type is Leperditella deckeri. It is the type genus of Balticellidae, Balticelloidea.

It was assigned to Palaeocopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Balticellidae by Liebau (2005), Schallreuter and Hinz-Schallreuter (2011), Mohibullah et al. (2013).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Balticella Thorslund
2002Balticella Sepkoski
2005Balticella Liebau
2011Balticella Schallreuter and Hinz-Schallreuter p. 73
2013Balticella Mohibullah et al. p. 25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderMetacopinaSylvester-Bradley 1961
familyBalticellidaeSchallreuter 1968
genusBalticellaThorslund 1940

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. †Balticella Thorslund 1940
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Balticella deckeri Harris 1931
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Blackriveran or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) B. deckeri (23886) B. elongata, B. deckeri (23885) Leperditella deckeri (162341)