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Tribolbina

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Tribolbinidae

Taxonomy

Tribolbina was named by Latham (1932) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-l P u Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is not extant. Its type is Tribolbina carnegiei. It is the type genus of Tribolbinacea.

It was assigned to Beyrichiidae by Benson et al. (1961); to Palaeocopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Tribolbinidae by Sohn (1978), Guillam et al. (2022).

Species

T. carnegiei (syn. Eoscorpius inflatus) (type species), T. doescheri, T. gigantea, T. permiana, T. tumida

Synonyms

Mammoides is a genus. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Beyrichiana by Benson et al. (1961).

It was assigned to Palaeocopida by Sepkoski (2002).
Beyrichiana was named by Kellett (1933) [Sepkoski's age data: C Serp-l P Wc].

It was synonymized subjectively with Tribolbina by Sohn (1978).

It was assigned to Aechminellidae by Benson et al. (1961); and to Palaeocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1932	Tribolbina Latham
1933	Beyrichiana Kellett p. 73
1961	Beyrichiana Benson et al.
1961	Tribolbina Benson et al.
1978	Tribolbina Sohn p. 664
2002	Beyrichiana Sepkoski
2002	Mammoides Sepkoski
2002	Tribolbina Sepkoski
2022	Tribolbina Guillam et al. p. 107

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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

Rank	Name	Author
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Hymenostraca	(Rolfe 1969)
superclass	Oligostraca	Zrzavý et al. 1997
class	Ostracoda
subclass	Podocopa	Sars 1865
order	Palaeocopida	Henningsmoen 1953
superfamily	Tribolbinacea
family	Tribolbinidae
genus	Tribolbina	Latham 1932

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. †Tribolbina Latham 1932

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†Tribolbina carnegiei Latham 1932

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Invalid names: Eoscorpius inflatus Peach 1883 [replaced]

†Tribolbina doescheri Sohn 1978

†Tribolbina gigantea Jones et al. 1884

†Tribolbina permiana Kellett 1933

†Tribolbina tumida Scott and Borger 1941

Invalid names: Beyrichiana Kellett 1933 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
valve height	14	0.828	0.440	2.50	0.780	0.532

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: Alvarez et al. 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Meramecian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 342.90000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Chadian	346.7 - 339.9	United Kingdom (Scotland)	Eoscorpius inflatus (153535)
Meramecian	342.9 - 335.4	USA (Arkansas)	Mammoides sp. (76118 76148)
Sakmarian	293.52 - 290.1	USA (Kansas)	Beyrichiana permiana (93781)
Wuchiapingian	259.51 - 254.14	Greece	T. doescheri (42460) T. sp. 1, T. doescheri (42461)