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Silenites

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Silenites Kozur p. 64
2002Silenites Sepkoski
2010Silenites Crasquin and Forel p. 358
2017Silenites Chitnarin p. 675
2018Silenites Tanaka p. 22
2021Silenites Chitnarin and Ketwetsuriya p. 5
2022Silenites Forel and Crasquin pp. Table 1

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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
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderBairdiocopinaGrundel 1967
superfamilyBairdiocypridoidea(Shaver 1961)
familyBairdiocyprididaeShaver 1961
genusSilenites

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. †Silenites
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†Silenites lenticularis Knight 1928
†Silenites limatus Guan 1978
†Silenites subrounda Hou 1954
†Silenites sureeae Chitnarin 2017
†Silenites testatus Chen 1958
†Silenites unicostus Chen and Bao 1986
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height150.5720.3800.8750.5240.133
shell height10.280----
valve height30.0980.0050.4430.3870.238

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: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Givetian to the top of the Griesbachian or 387.95000 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections (132 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31France S. sp. G (38681 38683)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Indiana) S. warei (6733 6734)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Carbonia lenticularis (69770)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) S. lenticularis (132992)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) S. lenticularis (95377 132987 132990 132991 132994 133138 133148 133158)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Thailand S. sureeae (137891 223955)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Thailand S. sureeae (137900)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Japan S. sp. (197662)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Kansas) S. lenticularis (88235 93781)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Kansas) S. lenticularis (110313)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3China (Fujian) S. lenticularis (95699) S. testanus, S. lenticularis (95702)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Hubei) Bairdia subrounda (145991)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Fujian) S. lenticularis (95710) S. silenus, S. lenticularis, S. subrounda (95707) S. silenus, S. testanus, S. lenticularis, S. subrounda (95705) S. suborthis (95708) S. subrounda (95703 95706) S. testanus, S. suborthis (95709)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Jiangsu) Bythocypris testatus (142162) S. marginiferus (142173) S. testatus (142167 142186 142188) S. testatus, S. marginiferus (142184) S. unicostus (142181)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Thailand S. sp. (223887 223889 223964) S. sureeae (223970)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Thailand S. sureeae (137923 137924)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Sichuan) S. sp.1 (189439) S. sp.1, S. sp.2 (189441 189442)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Thailand S. sureeae (137928 223982)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Sichuan) S. sp. (148476 148477) S. sp.3 (189473) S. sp.3, S. sp.5, S. sp.6 (189488 189489) S. sp.3, S. sp.6 (189484 189486 189487) S. sp.4 (189479 189480) S. sp.5 (189482) S. sp.6 (189483)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Guizhou) S. subtriangularis (112104)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Zhejiang) S. sasakwaformis (97895 97898 97905 97914 97918 97922 117580 117588 117593 117595 117596 117597 117601 117653 117664 117665 117666 117668 117669 117670) S. sp. (117598) S. sp. A, S. sasakwaformis (97896) S. sp. A, S. zhejiangensis, S. sasakwaformis (97910 97921) S. zhejiangensis (97919 97927) S. zhejiangensis, S. sasakwaformis (97902 97912 97920)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Fujian) S. lenticularis (121229 121289) S. sasakwaformis (121230 121290) S. testanus (121228 121288 121291)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Sichuan) S. sp. (148483 148497 148500 148504 148507 148512 148513) S. spp. (148489)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Xizang) S. sp. 1, S. lenticularis (106655)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Iran S. sasakwaformis (125570 168898 168915 168919)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) S. sp. 1 (132522) S. sp. 2 (95649) S. sp. 2, S. sp. 1 (132517) S. sp. 3 (132515) S. sp. 4 (132518)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Serbia S. sp. 1 (112049) S. zhejiangensis (112046 112048)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Türkiye S. sp. 2 (169073 169088) S. sp. 2, S. sp. 4 (169086) S. sp. 3, S. sp. 1, S. sp. 2, S. sp. 4 (169068) S. sp. 3, S. sp. 4 (169090) S. sp. 3, S. sp. 6 (169072) S. sp. 4 (169091) S. sp. 5 (169067 169087) S. sp. 5, S. sp. 1, S. sp. 4 (169076) S. sp. 5, S. sp. 3 (169060) S. sp. 6 (169074)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Sichuan) S. sp. (148480)