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Boursella

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Drepanellidae

Taxonomy
Boursella was named by Turner (1939). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Drepanellidae by Kesling (1953).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Boursella Turner
1953Boursella Kesling

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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
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
orderBeyrichicopida(Pokorný 1954)
suborderBinodicopina(Schallreuter 1972)
familyDrepanellidaeUlrich and Bassler 1923
genusBoursellaTurner 1939

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.

G. †Boursella Turner 1939
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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: suspension feedero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-06 00:42:06
Modified: 2010-02-23 22:46:12
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Alvarez et al. 2008

Age range: Middle Devonian or 393.47000 to 382.31000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31Canada (Ontario) B. trilobata (210635 210636)