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Actuaria diffusa

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae

Taxonomy
Actuaria diffusa was named by Schneider (1956). Its type specimen is VNIGRI 756-3, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Russian Platform, Kazanian (VNIGRI collection), which is in a Roadian marine siliciclastic in the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Actuaria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Actuaria diffusa Schneider p. 91 figs. Pl 21, fig 2

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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
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderBairdiocopinaGrundel 1967
superfamilyBairdioidea(Sars 1888)
familyBairdiidaeSars 1888
genusActuariaBradfield 1935
speciesdiffusa

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.

†Actuaria diffusa Schneider 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
carapace height10.660

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-05 02:00:00
Modified: 2010-02-23 23:16:56
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: Roadian or 274.40000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation Actuaria diffusa (type locality: 132366 197598)