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Pronipantex planus

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Beecherellidae

Taxonomy
Pronipantex planus was named by Kesling and Chilman (1978) [Types: Holotype, complete carapace, UMMP 61811; paratypes: UMMP 59033, 59382, 59526, 61810]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is UMMP 61811, a carapace.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Pronipantex planus Kesling and Chilman p. 87

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderBairdiocopinaGrundel 1967
superfamilyBairdioidea(Sars 1888)
familyBeecherellidaeUlrich 1894
genusPronipantex
speciesplanus

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.

†Pronipantex planus Kesling and Chilman 1978
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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: Givetian or 387.95000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Michigan) Pronipantex planus (38475)