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Birdsallella devonica

Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cytherellidae

Taxonomy
Birdsallella devonica was named by Coryell and Malkin (1936) [Illustrated specimens: UMMP 58859,58863-67]. It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. catena

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Birdsallella devonica Coryell and Malkin

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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
orderPlatycopidaSars 1866
suborderPlatycopinaSars 1866
superfamilyCytherelloideaSars 1886
familyCytherellidaeSars 1866
subfamilyCavellininaeEgorov 1950
genusBirdsallellaCoryell and Booth 1933
speciesdevonicaCoryell and Malkin 1936

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.

†Birdsallella devonica Coryell and Malkin 1936
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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: suspension feedero
Vision: blindo
Created: 2010-02-05 01:56:31
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:59:51
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Givetian or 387.95000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) Birdsallella devonica (94041 94042 94047 94048 94049)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Michigan) Birdsallella devonica (38475)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Ohio) Birdsallella devonica (81857 206972 206973 206974)