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Newsomites subkarinae

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Pachydomellidae

Taxonomy
Newsomites subkarinae was named by Becker and Wang (1992). Its type specimen is NIGP 115718, 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.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. multicavus, N. notabilis, N. notabilis, N. notabilis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Newsomites subkarinae Becker and Wang p. 27 figs. Pl 7, fig 14

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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
suborderBeyrichicopinaScott 1961
superfamilyIndivisiaceaEgorov 1954
familyPachydomellidaeBerdan and Sohn 1961
genusNewsomites
speciessubkarinae

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 subkarinae 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: Alvarez et al. 2008, Kiessling 2004

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

Collections: one only


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