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Microcoelonella takfaensis

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Coelonellidae

Taxonomy
Microcoelonella takfaensis was named by Chitnarin (2012). Its type specimen is SUT-09-1357, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 07LB05-A1, Ta Kli, Nakhon Sawan-Lopburi, which is in a Wordian carbonate wackestone in the Tak Fa Formation of Thailand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Microcoelonella takfaensis Chitnarin p. 830 figs. 14B-F, 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
suborderKloedenellocopinaScott 1961
superfamilyParaparchitoideaScott 1959
familyCoelonellidaeSohn 1971
genusMicrocoelonellaCoryell and Sohn 1938
speciestakfaensis

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.

Microcoelonella takfaensis Chitnarin 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height30.4230.3900.4500.4300.031

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: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Thailand Microcoelonella takfaensis (type locality: 137915 137918 137919 137920 137923 137924)