Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Famenella

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae

Taxonomy
Famenella is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Bairdiidae by Polenova and Zanina (1960); and to Palaeocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Famenella Polenova and Zanina
2002Famenella Sepkoski

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderBairdiocopinaGrundel 1967
superfamilyBairdioidea(Sars 1888)
familyBairdiidaeSars 1888
genusFamenella

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. †Famenella
show all | hide all
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: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Frasnian to the top of the Early/Lower Famennian or 375.20000 to 368.50000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Poland (Kostomloty) F. declivis (162213) F. sp. A (162212)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Poland F. angulata (35399 35401) F. postkairovaensis (35398) F. postkairovaensis, F. angulata (35400) F. sp. nov. A Casier and Lethiers 1998 (35393)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15France (Alsace) F. postkairovaensis (38675)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Poland F. angulata (35404 35409) F. postkairovaensis (35403)