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Falsipollex

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Hollinidae

Taxonomy
Falsipollex was named by Kesling and McMillan (1951) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife D Give]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hollinidae by Kesling and McMillan (1951), Benson et al. (1961); and to Palaeocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Falsipollex Kesling and McMillan
1961Falsipollex Benson et al. p. Q137
2002Falsipollex 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
orderHollinocopidaHenningsmoen 1965
suborderHollinocopinaSwartz 1936
superfamilyEurychilinaceaUlrich and Bassler 1923
familyHollinidaeSwartz 1936
genusFalsipollex

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. †Falsipollex Kesling and McMillan 1951
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†Falsipollex altituberculatus Kesling and McMillan 1951
†Falsipollex bulbosus Kesling and Tabor 1953
†Falsipollex lativelatus Kesling and McMillan 1951
†Falsipollex laxivelatus Kesling 1952
†Falsipollex minimus Kesling and Tabor 1953
†Falsipollex valgus Kesling 1953
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: 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: Givetian or 387.95000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (Michigan) F. altituberculatus (207890) F. minimus, F. bulbosus (210686)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31Canada (Ontario) F. valgus (209369)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Ohio) F. lativelatus, F. laxivelatus (81857 206972 206973 206974)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Michigan) F. lativelatus (38476) F. lativelatus, F. laxivelatus (38475)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31France F. sp. 3G (38681)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) F. simplilobatus (94047)