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Crasquinia harperensis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Quasillitidae

Taxonomy
Valentinia harperensis was named by Crasquin-Soleau (1994). Its type specimen is GSC 106124 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is GSC C-116058 (84MJO-KL8), Canada Lafarge Cement Quarry, Kamloops, which is in an Artinskian marine limestone in Canada.

It was recombined as Crasquinia harperensis by Kammerer (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Valentinia harperensis Crasquin-Soleau
1997Valentinia harperensis Crasquin-Soleau p. 63 figs. Pl 5, figs 4,5
2006Crasquinia harperensis Kammerer p. 269

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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
suborderMetacopinaSylvester-Bradley 1961
superfamilyThlipsuroidea(Ulrich 1894)
familyQuasillitidaeCoryell and Malkin 1936
genusCrasquinia
speciesharperensis()

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.

†Crasquinia harperensis Crasquin-Soleau 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height30.4480.4000.5000.4500.050

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: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Canada (British Columbia) Valentinia harperensis (type locality: 106671)