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Microcheilinella shigensis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae

Taxonomy
Microcheilinella shigensis was named by Tanaka (2018). Its type specimen is MPC-24996 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gongen-dani Valley, Ryozensan Mountain, which is in a Sakmarian carbonate lime mudstone in the Ryozensan Limestone Formation of Japan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. clava, M. elatus, M. larionovae, M. lufengshanensis, M. subcorbuloides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Microcheilinella shigensis Tanaka p. 23 fig. 13F,G,H

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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
superfamilySigillioidea(Mandelstam 1960)
familyMicrocheilinellidaeGramm 1975
genusMicrocheilinellaGeis 1933
speciesshigensis

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.

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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: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Japan Microcheilinella shigensis (type locality: 197662)