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Geffenina posterodorsospina

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Knoxitidae

Taxonomy
Geffenina posterodorsospina was named by Chitnarin (2012). Its type specimen is SUT-09-1451, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 07PB03-3, Khao Kana, Phetchabun, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian carbonate wackestone in the Pha Nok Khao Formation of Thailand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Geffenina posterodorsospina Chitnarin p. 814 fig. 8A
2015Geffenina posterodorsospina Zazzali et al. p. 304 figs. 15A, B

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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
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
suborderKloedenellocopinaScott 1961
superfamilyKloedenelloidea(Ulrich and Bassler 1908)
familyKnoxitidaeEgorov 1950
genusGeffenina
speciesposterodorsospina

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.

Geffenina posterodorsospina Chitnarin 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height30.4150.3800.4600.4100.040

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: base of the Asselian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 298.90000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Thailand Geffenina posterodorsospina (137895 type locality: 137896 137897 137898)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Sichuan) Geffenina posterodorsospina (189472)