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Newsomites karinae

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Pachydomellidae

Taxonomy
Newsomites karinae was named by Becker and Wang (1992). Its type specimen is NIGP 115713, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Damaoqi, sample H90, which is in a Wenlock/Ludlow carbonate limestone in the Bateaobao Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Newsomites karinae Becker and Wang p. 26 figs. Pl 7, figs 10-13

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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
suborderBeyrichicopinaScott 1961
superfamilyIndivisiaceaEgorov 1954
familyPachydomellidaeBerdan and Sohn 1961
genusNewsomites
specieskarinae

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.

†Newsomites karinae Becker and Wang 1992
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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: suspension feedero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-06 00:42:06
Modified: 2010-02-23 22:46:12
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Alvarez et al. 2008

Age range: base of the Wenlock to the top of the Ludlow or 432.90000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wenlock - Ludlow432.9 - 422.7China (Nei Mongol) Newsomites karinae (type locality: 143444 143445)