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Quasillites sublunatus

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Quasillitidae

Taxonomy
Quasillites sublunatus was named by Stewart (1936) [Illustrated specimens: UMMP 59312-26, 59330-32]. It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Quasillites sublunatus Stewart

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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
suborderMetacopinaSylvester-Bradley 1961
superfamilyThlipsuroidea(Ulrich 1894)
familyQuasillitidaeCoryell and Malkin 1936
genusQuasillitesCoryell and Malkin 1936
speciessublunatusStewart 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.

†Quasillites sublunatus Stewart 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: 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: Givetian or 387.95000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Michigan) Quasillites sublunatus (38475 38476)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Ohio) Quasillites sublunatus (81857 206972 206973 206974)