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Argilloecia subcylindrica

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Pontocyprididae

Taxonomy
Argilloecia subcylindrica was named by Alexander (1934). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Station 22a, which is in a Danian marginal marine horizon in the Kincaid Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. acuminata, A. alexanderi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Argilloecia subcylindrica Alexander p. 214 figs. Plate 32, fig. 17; Plate 35, fig. 16

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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
suborderCypridocopinaJones 1901
superfamilyPontocypridoideaMuller 1894
familyPontocyprididaeMueller 1894
genusArgilloecia
speciessubcylindrica

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.

†Argilloecia subcylindrica Alexander 1934
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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: 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: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) Argilloecia subcylindrica (type locality: 191232)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Trinidad and Tobago Argilloecia subcylindrica (94028)