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Microcheilinella egerensis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae

Taxonomy
Microcheilinella egerensis was named by Forel (2013). Its type specimen is UPMC P6M2879, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bálvany North 08BAN61, which is in a Griesbachian carbonate siltstone in the Gerennavar Formation of Hungary.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. clava, M. elatus, M. larionovae, M. lufengshanensis, M. subcorbuloides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Microcheilinella egerensis Forel p. 208 figs. 15Q-X, 16
2017Microcheilinella egerensis Forel

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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
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilySigillioidea(Mandelstam 1960)
familyMicrocheilinellidaeGramm 1975
genusMicrocheilinellaGeis 1933
speciesegerensis

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.

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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: base of the Griesbachian to the top of the Bithynian or 251.90200 to 244.24000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Hungary Microcheilinella egerensis (type locality: 140069 140070 140071 140075)
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24Romania Microcheilinella egerensis (197722)