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Mennerella

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Beyrichiopsidae

Taxonomy
Mennerella is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Palaeocopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Beyrichiopsidae by Benson et al. (1961), Crasquin and Forel (2010).

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Mennerella Benson et al. p. Q186
2002Mennerella Sepkoski
2010Mennerella Crasquin and Forel p. 338

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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
suborderKloedenellocopinaScott 1961
superfamilyKloedenelloidea(Ulrich and Bassler 1908)
familyBeyrichiopsidaeHenningsmoen 1953
genusMennerella

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height30.3000.2800.3200.3000.020
valve height20.0070.0070.0080.0070.001

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marinec
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: Alvarez et al. 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Zhejiang) M. sp. (97900 97910 97919 97920 117670 117673)