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Welleria

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae

Taxonomy
Welleria was named by Ulrich and Bassler (1923) [Sepkoski's age data: S u D Give]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Welleria Ulrich and Bassler
1961Welleria Benson et al.
2002Welleria Sepkoski

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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
suborderBeyrichicopinaScott 1961
superfamilyBeyrichioideaMatthew 1886
familyBeyrichiidaeJones 1894
genusWelleriaUlrich and Bassler 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. †Welleria Ulrich and Bassler 1923
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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 Pridoli to the top of the Pragian or 422.70000 to 410.62000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludlow - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62USA (West Virginia) W. obliqua (41176 41629 41630 41634 41732 41736 41737)
Ludlow - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62USA (Maryland) W. obliqua (41642 41644 41646 41647 41711)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (Maryland) W. sp. (489 24914 24916)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62USA (Ohio) W. sp. (26874)