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Shishaella

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Paraparchitidae

Taxonomy
Shishaella is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Paraparchitidae by Crasquin-Soleau (1998), Hoare and Mapes (2000), Chitnarin (2012), Abushik (2015), Kolar-Jurkovšek et al. (2024).

Species
S. cyclopea, S. hellenensis, S. ussuriensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. geisi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Shishaella Crasquin-Soleau p. 142
2000Shishaella Hoare and Mapes p. 13
2002Shishaella Sepkoski
2012Shishaella Chitnarin p. 821
2015Shishaella Abushik p. 491
2024Shishaella Kolar-Jurkovšek et al. p. 181

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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
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
suborderKloedenellocopinaScott 1961
superfamilyParaparchitoideaScott 1959
familyParaparchitidaeScott 1959
genusShishaella

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.

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†Shishaella cyclopea Girty 1910
†Shishaella hellenensis Crasquin-Soleau 1998
†Shishaella ussuriensis Gramm 1997
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height40.6150.5500.7250.6000.081
valve height61.450.4202.251.730.632

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 Early/Lower Famennian to the top of the Changhsingian or 372.15000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5China S. porrectea (162317)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Poland (Kostomloty) S. sp. (162217)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86China S. porrectea (162315)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) S. sp. (38644)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7China S. porrectea (162313)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7China (Guizhou) S. sp. (58462)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7Russian Federation (Komi) S. electa (46574 46575) S. electa, S. alekseevae (46576)
Chesterian - Alportian335.4 - 321.8USA (Wyoming) S. moreyi (5689)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Greece S. hellenensis (112051)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Thailand S. sp. (137900)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Russian Federation S. geisi (124401) S. sp. A, S. sp. B, S. ussuriensis (124390) S. ussuriensis (124391)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Greece S. hellenensis (112052)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Slovenia S. cyclopea (234869 234875)