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Kellettina

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kellettinidae

Taxonomy
Kellettina is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Ulrichia robusta.

It was assigned to Kellettininae by Sohn (1954); to Palaeocopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Kellettinidae by Benson et al. (1961), Fohrer and Samankassou (2005) and Tanaka (2018).

Species
K. carnica, K. elongata, K. noriyukii, K. reticulata, K. robusta, K. vidriensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
K. prolata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Kellettina Sohn p. 15
1961Kellettina Benson et al. p. Q167
2002Kellettina Sepkoski
2005Kellettina Fohrer and Samankassou p. 325
2018Kellettina Tanaka p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
suborderBeyrichicopinaScott 1961
superfamilyKirkbyoidea(Ulrich and Bassler 1906)
familyKellettinidae()
genusKellettina

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.

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†Kellettina carnica Ruggieri and Siveter 1975
†Kellettina elongata Hou 1954
†Kellettina noriyukii Tanaka 2018
†Kellettina reticulata Kozur 1991
†Kellettina robusta Kellett 1933
†Kellettina vidriensis Hamilton 1942
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height100.4890.2090.6500.6000.154

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 Gzhelian to the top of the Changhsingian or 303.70000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Ulrichia robusta (133138 133148)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Kansas) Ulrichia robusta (95361 95378 95379)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Austria K. carnica (108503 108504)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Japan K. noriyukii (197662)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Kansas) Ulrichia robusta (88235 95375)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) K. vidriensis (117948)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) K. vidriensis (43517)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Japan K. sp. (131084)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Hubei) K. elongata (145990)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Fujian) K. elongata (95704 95705 95706)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8China (Hubei) K. elongata (145987)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Italy K. reticulata (110840)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guangxi) K. reticulata (97092)