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Coryellina firma

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Leperditellidae

Taxonomy
Coryellina firma was named by Kellett (1935). Its type specimen is USNM 90101 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Brick plant cut in field, north of Gage Park, Topeka, which is in a Gzhelian carbonate limestone in the Howard Formation of Kansas. It is the type species of Coryellina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. advenoides, C. grammi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Coryellina firma Kellett p. 138 figs. Pl 16, figs 7a-c

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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
suborderBeyrichicopinaScott 1961
superfamilyWelleriellaceaAbushik 1971
familyLeperditellidaeUlrich and Bassler 1906
genusCoryellina
speciesfirma

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.

†Coryellina firma Kellett 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
carapace height10.390

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: Alvarez et al. 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Coryellina firma (132988 type locality: 133142)