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Seminolites perforatus

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Healdiidae

Taxonomy
Seminolites perforatus was named by Harlton (1933). Its type specimen is USNM 85562 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Johns Valley Shale, Ouachita Mountains loc. 6, which is in a Pennsylvanian marine shale in the Johns Valley Formation of Oklahoma.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. compressus, S. elongatus, S. truncatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Seminolites perforatus Harlton p. 27 figs. pl. 7, figs. 6a-c

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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
suborderMetacopinaSylvester-Bradley 1961
superfamilyHealdioidea(Harlton 1933)
familyHealdiidae
genusSeminolites
speciesperforatus

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.

†Seminolites perforatus 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: 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: Morrowan or 323.40000 to 318.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Texas) Seminolites perforatus (236937)
Early/Lower Pennsylvanian323.4 - 315.2USA (Oklahoma) Seminolites perforatus (type locality: 132874)