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Cornigella

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Aechminellidae

Taxonomy
Cornigella was named by Warthin (1930) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife P Guad-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2,136]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Beyrichiidae by Harlton (1933); to Nodellinae by Khivintseva (1969); to Aechminellidae by Benson et al. (1961), Tilman (1984), Hoare and Mapes (2000); and to Palaeocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. binoda, C. immotipedata, C. parva, C. pushmatahensis, C. valosa
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. permiana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Cornigella Warthin
1933Cornigella Harlton p. 19
1961Cornigella Benson et al.
1969Cornigella Khivintseva p. 87
1984Cornigella Tilman p. 238
2000Cornigella Hoare and Mapes p. 3
2002Cornigella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
orderBeyrichicopida(Pokorný 1954)
suborderBinodicopina(Schallreuter 1972)
familyAechminellidaeSohn
genusCornigellaWarthin 1930

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. †Cornigella Warthin 1930
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†Cornigella binoda Kellett 1933
†Cornigella immotipedata Kesling 1953
†Cornigella parva Kellett 1933
†Cornigella pushmatahensis Harlton 1933
†Cornigella valosa Khivintseva 1969
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height10.390----
valve height20.2450.2300.2600.2450.021

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-06 00:42:06
Modified: 2010-02-23 22:46:12
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Alvarez et al. 2008

Age range: base of the Givetian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 387.95000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31Canada (Ontario) C. immotipedata (210635 210636)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (Ohio) C. sp. (228293 228294)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Michigan) C. immotipedata (38475 38476)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Ohio) C. immotipedata (81857 206972 206973 206974)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian323.4 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) C. pushmatahensis (132874)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Kansas) C. binoda (110321)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Kansas) C. binoda (110318)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Kansas) C. parva (110316) C. parva, C. binoda (110314)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation (Orenburg) C. valosa (123684 123687 123688)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) C. permiana (46425)