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Moorites

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Youngiellidae

Taxonomy
Moorites is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Palaeocopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Youngiellidae by Benson et al. (1961), Ferdinando (2001), Song et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Moorites Benson et al. p. Q178
2001Moorites Ferdinando p. 109
2002Moorites Sepkoski
2019Moorites Song et al. p. 94

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—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)
familyYoungiellidae
genusMoorites

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. †Moorites
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†Moorites copelandi Lethiers 1981
†Moorites irwini Ferdinando 2001
†Moorites kozuri Gerry and Honigstein 1987
†Moorites minutus Warthin 1930
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Invalid names: Moorites hewetti Coryell and Billings 1932 [synonym], Moorites truncatus Coryell and Billings 1932 [synonym]
†Moorites suboblonga Wang 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height40.2910.2500.3300.2950.033
shell height20.5510.4400.6900.5650.177

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 Early/Lower Emsian to the top of the Changhsingian or 410.62000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Russian Federation M. gurjevskiensis (35710 35711 35713 35749)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Texas) M. minutus, M. hewetti, M. truncatus (210784)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.4Spain M. sp. (73298)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Ukraine M. elongatus (216039)
Kashirian313.8 - 311.46Ukraine M. punktus (216041)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) M. sp. (8635 8639 8643 8646 8647 8649)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) M. minutus (133144)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) M. minutus (132993 133142 133163)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) M. irwini (108211 108214 108229 108241 108247 108279 108281 108282 108285 108290 108293 108296 108297 108298)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Oman M. minitus (49914) M. suboblonga (49912) Roundyella suboblonga (121891)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902Israel M. kozuri (95762 109723)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Azerbaijan M. sp. (110651 110654 110684 110691 110692 110694)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) Roundyella suboblonga (112012)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Israel M. kozuri (108990 108992 108993)