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Aechminella trispinosa

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Aechminellidae

Taxonomy
Aechminella trispinosa was named by Harlton (1933). Its type specimen is USNM 85544 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Johns Valley Shale, Ouachita Mountains loc. 10, which is in a Pennsylvanian marine shale in the Johns Valley Formation of Oklahoma. It is the type species of Aechminella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Aechminella trispinosa Harlton p. 19 figs. pl. 6, figs. 10a-b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
orderBeyrichicopida(Pokorný 1954)
suborderBinodicopina(Schallreuter 1972)
familyAechminellidaeSohn
genusAechminella
speciestrispinosa

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.

Aechminella trispinosa Harlton 1933
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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: Early/Lower Pennsylvanian or 323.20000 to 315.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian323.2 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) Aechminella trispinosa (type locality: 132878)