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Kellettina elongata

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kellettinidae

Taxonomy
Kellettina elongata was named by Hou (1954). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is By76, Shangzhuyan, Maanshan, Changyang district, which is in a Kungurian marine shale in the Qixia Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. prolata
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2013-06-14

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Kellettina elongata Hou p. 235 figs. Pl 1, figs 9a,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
suborderBeyrichicopinaScott 1961
superfamilyKirkbyoidea(Ulrich and Bassler 1906)
familyKellettinidae()
genusKellettina
specieselongata

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.

†Kellettina elongata Hou 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marinec
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 Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 283.30000 to 266.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Fujian) Kellettina elongata (95704 95705 95706)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4China (Hubei) Kellettina elongata (type locality: 145990)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9China (Hubei) Kellettina elongata (145987)