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Volganella magna

Ostracoda - Volganellidae

Taxonomy
Volganella magna was named by Spizharsky (1956). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sukhona River basin, which is in a Wordian fluvial-lacustrine siliciclastic in the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Volganella magna Spizharsky p. 94 figs. Pl 21, figs 3, 4; text-fig 17
2014Volganella magna Voronkova figs. pl. 6 f. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
superfamilyVolganelloideaMandelstam 1956
familyVolganellidae
genusVolganella
speciesmagna

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.

Volganella magna Spizharsky 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height20.6670.5700.7800.6750.148

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-04 06:54:01
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:59:32
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Changhsingian or 266.90000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Russian Federation Volganella magna (type locality: 132367)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation Volganella magna (197597)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Russian Federation (Vladimir) Volganella magna (229834)