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Buntonia shubutaensis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Taxonomy
Buntonia shubutaensis was named by Howe and Chambers (1935) [author: Howe in Howe and Chambers ]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shubuta Creek, which is in an Eocene marginal marine horizon in Mississippi.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. adamarensis, B. tamarense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Buntonia shubutaensis Howe p. 22 figs. PLate IV, figure 4,5; PLate V, figure 7
1935Buntonia shubutaensis Howe and Chambers p. 22 figs. PLate IV, figure 4,5; PLate V, figure 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyTrachyleberididaeSylvester-Bradley 1948
subfamilyBuntoniinaeApostelescu 1961
genusBuntoniaHowe 1935
speciesshubutaensis

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.

†Buntonia shubutaensis Howe and Chambers 1935
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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: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Buntonia shubutaensis (191908 191923)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Buntonia shubutaensis (191936 type locality: 192002 192006)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Buntonia shubutaensis (94153 94154 94155 94156 94157)