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Loxoconcha jacksonensis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Loxoconchidae

Taxonomy
Loxoconcha jacksonensis was named by Howe and Chambers (1935). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Keyser Hill, 27 ft bellow Cocoa sand, which is in an Oligocene marginal marine horizon in Alabama.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Loxoconcha jacksonensis Howe and Chambers p. 41 figs. Plate IV, figure 20; Plate V, figure 14; Plate VI, figure 8,9

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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
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyLoxoconchidaeSars 1865
genusLoxoconchaSars 1866
speciesjacksonensis

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.

Loxoconcha jacksonensis 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: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Oligocene or 37.71000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Loxoconcha jacksonensis (191908 191935)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Loxoconcha jacksonensis (191936 191999 192002 192006)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Loxoconcha jacksonensis (94153 94155 94156)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Alabama) Loxoconcha jacksonensis (191978 type locality: 191979)