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Paijenborchella mezquitalensis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheridae

Taxonomy
Paijenborchella mezquitalensis was named by Carreño and Cronin (1993). Its type specimen is IGM-314-Mi, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 84TC51, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Bateque Formation of Mexico.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. iocosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Paijenborchella mezquitalensis Carreño and Cronin p. 143

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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)
familyCytheridaeBaird 1850
subfamilyCytherinaeBaird 1850
tribePaijenborchelliniDeroo 1960
genusPaijenborchellaKingma 1948
speciesmezquitalensis

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.

†Paijenborchella mezquitalensis Carreño and Cronin 1993
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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: Middle Eocene or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Mexico (Baja California Sur) Paijenborchella mezquitalensis (type locality: 201740)