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Polycope ventrocostata

Ostracoda - Myodocopida - Polycopidae

Taxonomy
Polycope ventrocostata was named by Kozur (1985). Its type specimen is P 1384/Ko 1980 I-517 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mihalovits quarry, sample Bükk 143/1980, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Nagyvisnyo Formation of Hungary.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. demulderi, P. discus, P. orbicularis, P. ornata, P. perminuta, P. provecta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Polycope ventrocostata Kozur p. 2 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassMyodocopaSars 1866
orderMyodocopidaSars 1866
suborderMyodocopinaSars 1866
superfamilyPolycopoideaSars 1866
familyPolycopidaeSars 1866
genusPolycope
speciesventrocostata

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.

†Polycope ventrocostata Kozur 1985
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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: shallow infaunalg
Diet: suspension feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: blindg
Created: 2010-02-06 01:56:31
Modified: 2010-02-23 23:11:27
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Alvarez et al. 2008, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Hungary Polycope ventrocostata (type locality: 146174)