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Primitia

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Primitiidae

Taxonomy

Primitia was named by Jones and Holl (1923) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren D u]. Its type is Beyrichia strangulata.

It was assigned to Primitiidae by Henningsmoen (1953); and to Palaeocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

P. conchoides, P. lativia, P. osloensis, P. strangulata

Species lacking formal opinion data

P. abundans, P. anae, P. annae, P. bovifrons, P. cannonensis, P. cincinnatiensis, P. clarekei, P. gibbera, P. jonesi, P. logani, P. mammata, P. micula, P. minuta, P. obesa, P. ostrogothica, P. rudis, P. simplex, P. spinata, P. subovata, P. tolli, P. tumidula, P. yassensis, P. yungchunensis, P. zonata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1923	Primitia Jones and Holl
1953	Primitia Henningsmoen
2002	Primitia Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997

Rank	Name	Author
—	Hymenostraca	(Rolfe 1969)
superclass	Oligostraca	Zrzavý et al. 1997
class	Ostracoda
subclass	Podocopa	Sars 1865
order	Palaeocopida	Henningsmoen 1953
order	Leperditellocopida	Abushik 1990
suborder	Leperditellocopina	Abushik 1990
family	Primitiidae	Ulrich and Bassler 1923
genus	Primitia	Jones and Holl 1923

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. †Primitia Jones and Holl 1923

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†Primitia conchoides Hadding 1913

†Primitia lativia Ulrich 1889

†Primitia osloensis Henningsmoen 1953

†Primitia strangulata McCoy 1851

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: base of the Migneintian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 481.10000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (106 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Tremadocian	486.85 - 477.1	United Kingdom	P. ostrogothica (208218 208219) P. sp. (208226)
Tremadoc	486.4 - 477.1	China (Hubei)	P. sp. (7728 7729)
Tremadoc	486.4 - 477.1	China (LiaoNing)	P. sp. (20753)
Migneintian	481.1 - 477.1	United Kingdom (England)	P. sp. (3710)
Dapingian	471.3 - 469.4	Russian Federation (Siberia)	P. sp. (9293)
Volkhov	471.3 - 469.1	Russian Federation (Leningrag oblast)	P. zonata (235818)
Volkhov	471.3 - 469.1	Sweden (Kalmar)	P. sp. (99481)
Chazyan	471.3 - 457.3	Canada (Quebec)	P. logani (172355)
Chazyan	471.3 - 457.3	Canada (Ontario)	P. logani (172357)
Oretanian	468.0 - 461.0	Spain (Salamanca)	P. simplex (21092)
Early/Lower Llandeilo	461.1 - 458.2	China (AnHui)	P. sp. (7839)
Early/Lower Llandeilo	461.1 - 458.2	United Kingdom (Wales)	P. sp. (3366)
Early/Lower Llandeilo	461.1 - 458.2	Russian Federation (Siberia)	P. annae (9295) P. sp. (9296 9300 9303 9306)
Early/Lower Llandeilo	461.1 - 458.2	North Korea	P. sp. (56174)
Late/Upper Llanvirn	461.1 - 458.2	Russian Federation (Siberia)	P. annae (9229) P. sp. (9221 9223)
Llandeilo	461.1 - 458.2	China (AnHui)	P. sp. (7860)
Dobrotivian	461.0 - 459.7	Portugal (Marao)	P. simplex (21012)
Dobrotivian - Berounian	461.0 - 450.1	France	P. sp. (20846)
Uhaku - Kukruse	459.7 - 456.8	Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk)	P. abundans (204666 204668) P. abundans, P. anae (204665 204695 204696 204704 204705) P. anae, P. abundans (204667)
Uhaku - Haljala	459.7 - 453.9	Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk)	P. abundans (204901) P. abundans, P. anae (204892 204893 204894 204895 204896 204897 204898 204899)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian	458.2 - 454.0	United Kingdom (England)	P. sp. (3648 3651 3654)
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian	458.2 - 454.0	United Kingdom (Wales)	P. sp. (3368 3369)
Caradoc	458.2 - 449.5	Sweden (Vastergotland)	P. obesa (76902) P. subovata (76905 76906 76912)
Caradoc	458.2 - 449.5	United Kingdom (Wales)	P. sp. (348)
Caradoc	458.2 - 449.5	Canada (Northwest Territories)	P. sp. (25552)
Caradoc	458.2 - 449.5	China (ZheJiang)	P. sp. (7769)
Idavere	458.0 - 452.8	Sweden (Skane)	P. tolli (80104)
Idavere	458.0 - 452.8	Sweden (Skania)	P. sp. (2770)
Turinian	457.3 - 453.8	USA (Missouri)	P. n. sp. 1, P. n. sp. 2 (175724)
Rocklandian - Shermanian	457.3 - 449.6	USA (Minnesota)	P. mammata (23148) P. tumidula, P. cannonensis (23124)
Trentonian	457.3 - 449.6	USA (New York)	P. sp. (338)
Actonian - Onnian	454.0 - 449.5	China (ZheJiang)	P. sp. (7768)
Actonian - Onnian	454.0 - 449.5	United Kingdom (England)	P. sp. (3656 3657 3658 3659)
Chatfieldian	453.8 - 451.0	USA (New York)	Primitia indet. sp.1, Primitia indet. sp.2 (76093)
Chatfieldian - Edenian	453.8 - 450.2	Canada (Nunavut)	P. cincinnatiensis (24116)
Katian	452.8 - 445.2	USA (New York)	P. sp. (340)
Edenian	451.0 - 450.2	USA (Iowa)	P. spinata (23233 23234)
Edenian	451.0 - 450.2	USA (Minnesota)	P. spinata (23186 23189)
Edenian	451.0 - 450.2	USA (Ohio)	P. rudis (162345)
Edenian - Maysvillian	451.0 - 449.6	USA (Iowa)	P. spinata, P. gibbera (23235)
Edenian - Maysvillian	451.0 - 449.6	USA (Minnesota)	P. gibbera (23191)
Maysvillian	450.2 - 449.6	USA (Michigan)	P. cincinnatiensis (26307)
Maysvillian	450.2 - 449.6	USA (Iowa)	P. gibbera (23236)
Richmondian	449.6 - 445.5	USA (Ohio)	P. cincinnatiensis (5326)
Richmondian	449.6 - 445.5	Canada (Quebec)	P. lativia (173041)
Richmondian	449.6 - 445.5	Canada (Nunavut)	P. micula (24176)
Richmondian	449.6 - 445.5	Canada (Ontario)	P. lativia (173092 173093)
Pusgillian - Cautleyan	449.5 - 448.8	China (JiangSu)	P. sp. (7872)
Pirgu	449.5 - 445.2	Norway (Ringerike)	P. osloensis (162233)
Pirgu	449.5 - 445.2	Norway (Oslo)	P. osloensis (190046)
Ashgill	449.5 - 443.1	Canada (Ontario)	P. lativia (26305)
Ashgill	449.5 - 443.1	Canada (Quebec)	P. sp. (56000)
Wufeng - Rawtheyan	449.4 - 445.2	China (AnHui)	P. sp. (7834)
Cautleyan - Rawtheyan	449.2 - 445.2	United Kingdom (Wales)	P. sp. (8290 8291)
Rawtheyan	448.8 - 445.2	United Kingdom (England)	P. sp. (3667)
Rawtheyan - Hirnantian	448.8 - 443.1	China (Jiangxi)	P. sp. (27904)
Porkuni	445.2 - 443.1	Estonia (Lääne-Virumaa)	P. osloensis (174122)
Llandovery - Wenlock	443.1 - 426.7	Brazil	P. minuta (25622)
Gorstian	426.7 - 425.0	United Kingdom (England)	P. sp. (49643)
Lochkovian	419.62 - 413.02	Poland	P. jonesi, P. clarekei (13887)
Lochkovian	419.62 - 413.02	China (Guangxi)	P. sp. (4007)
Early/Lower Emsian	410.62 - 399.5	China (Guangxi)	P. yungchunensis (4694)
Early/Lower Emsian	410.62 - 399.5	Germany	P. sp. (26904)
Emsian - Eifelian	410.62 - 387.95	Brazil (Maranhao)	P. sp. (37118)
Couvinien	410.2 - 387.95	Australia (New South Wales)	P. yassensis (188209)
Frasnian	382.31 - 372.15	China (Hunan)	P. sp. (40953 40955)
Late/Upper Famennian	365.2 - 358.86	United Kingdom (England)	P. bovifrons (38438)