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Welleriellacea

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida

Taxonomy
Welleriellacea was named by Abushik (1971). Its type is Welleriella.

It was corrected as Wellerielloidea by Abushik (2015).

It was assigned to Beyrichicopina by Abushik (2015), Melnikova (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Welleriellacea Abushik
2015Wellerielloidea Abushik p. 491
2019Welleriellacea Melnikova p. 144

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
suborderBeyrichicopinaScott 1961
superfamilyWelleriellaceaAbushik 1971
superfamilyWelleriellaceaAbushik 1971

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.

Superfm. †Welleriellacea Abushik 1971
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Fm. †Glanditiidae Ivanova 1960
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G. †Glandites Ivanova 1960
G. †Planiglandites Melnikova 2019
Fm. †Leperditellidae Ulrich and Bassler 1906
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G. †Coryellina Kellett 1935
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†Coryellina firma Kellett 1935
G. †Kayina
G. †Leioprimitia Kummerow 1939
G. †Punctaparchites Kay 1934
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Invalid names: Punctaparchites arctus Ulrich 1894 [synonym]
G. †Zaborovia
Invalid names: Conchoprimitiinae Henningsmoen 1953 [empty]
Fm. †Welleriellidae Abushik 1971
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G. †Moierina
G. †Welleriella Abushik 1971
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: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Gzhelian or 486.40000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (188 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibexian488.9 - 471.3USA (Nevada) Leperditella sp. (104307)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1China (Hubei) Leperditella sp. (4727 4738) Leperditella sp., Sinoprimitia sp. (4732) Sinoprimitia sp. (7728 7729)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0China (Hubei) Leperditella sp. (4709)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Russian Federation (Siberia) Leperditella sp. (9226)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Bolivia (Avilés) Haploprimitia sp. (9104)
Rangerian471.3 - 470.3USA (Nevada) Leperditella incisa (104453) Leperditella incisa, Leperditella tumida (104448 104461) Leperditella sp. (297 77183 104408 104409 104413) Leperditella valida (104400)
Dapingian471.3 - 469.4Russian Federation (Siberia) Leperditella sp. (9293)
Chazyan - Llandeilo471.3 - 458.2Canada (Northwest Territories) Leperditella germana (25299 25300 25301 25302)
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2Canada (Quebec) Leperditella sp. (318)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) Leperditella sp. (311)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) Leperditella germana (24618 25928 102237 102238 102256) Leperditella mundula (25935 26060 102261) Leperditella sp. (312 313 25933) Leperditella sp., Leperditella mundula (24621)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Leperditella incisa (104372 104374 104446) Leperditella incisa, Leperditella sp. (104445) Leperditella sp. (80073 104280 104376 104386 104391 104392 104393 104394 104395 104449 104464 104475 104476 104477 104478 104523 104525 104529 104534)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3Canada (Northwest Territories) Leperditella germana (25926 25927 102232 102233 102234 102236 102251 102252)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Russian Federation (Siberia) Leperditella sp. (9228)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Leperditella sp. (204644)
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1Russian Federation (Siberia) Leperditella sp. (9294)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2USA (Virginia) Leperditella sp. (33444 33445 33446 33447 33448)
Early/Lower Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2Russian Federation (Siberia) Leperditella sp. (9296 9300)
Early/Lower Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2China (AnHui) Haploprimitia sp. (7839)
Late/Upper Llanvirn461.1 - 458.2Russian Federation (Siberia) Leperditella sp. (9224)
Uhaku - Kukruse459.7 - 456.8Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Leperditella sp. (204665 204667 204668 204705)
Bohdalec459.3 - 445.2Czechia Haploprimitia pragae (3874)
Costonian - Harnagian458.2 - 457.2China (Yunnan) Sinoprimitia sp. (5424)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Glandites sp. (9305)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Wisconsin) Leperditella germana (55651)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Virginia) Leperditella sp. (34214 34215 34216 34217 34218) Leperditella sulcata (34277 34279 34281 34324 34326 34327 34328)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Tennessee) Leperditella sp. (5347)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (Nevada) Punctaparchites sp. (105563)
Shermanian - Edenian457.3 - 450.2Canada (Northwest Territories) Leperditella sp. (24637)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) Kayina hybosa, Kayina porosa, Leperditella altiforma, Leperditella incisa, Leperditella minima, Punctaparchites rugosus (23885) Leperditella aequilatera, Leperditella incisa, Leperditella jonesinoides, Leperditella porosa, Leperditella rex, Leperditella minima, Leperditella tumida, Punctaparchites rugosus (23886)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Leperditella mundula (24628 24631 25929 25931)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Leperditella tumida, Punctaparchites rugosus (55999)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Iowa) Leperditella macra, Leperditella millepunctata, Leperditella persimilis, Punctaparchites rugosus (23214 23215)
Kirkfieldian - Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Leperditella macra, Leperditella millepunctata, Leperditella persimilis, Punctaparchites rugosus (23177)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Iowa) Leperditella macra, Leperditella millepunctata, Leperditella persimilis, Punctaparchites rugosus (23203 23207)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Leperditella tumida (5346)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Cytherella rugosa, Cytherella arcta (219965) Punctaparchites rugosus (23212)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Leperditella spp. (87962)
Rocklandian - Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Leperditella macra, Leperditella millepunctata, Leperditella persimilis, Punctaparchites rugosus (23174)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Iowa) Leperditella macra, Leperditella millepunctata, Leperditella persimilis, Punctaparchites rugosus (23217 23219)
Shermanian - Maysvillian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Leperditella rex (25345)
Trentonian457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Leperditella sulcata (34339 34340 34341 34342 34343 34344)
Wildernessian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Leperditella mundula (102269 102270) Leperditella sp. (25858) Punctaparchites rugosus (26959 26960 26961 26962 26963 26964 26965 26966 26967 26968)
Haljala - Kukruse456.8 - 456.8Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Glandites bulbosus, Glandites laticornis (204708 204709) Glandites laticornis (204707 204787)
Haljala - Nabala456.8 - 449.9Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Glandites bulbosus (204798 204800 204803 204907 204909 204910) Glandites bulbosus, Glandites laticornis (204816) Glandites laticornis, Glandites bulbosus (204684 204685 204913 204914 204915)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (ZheJiang) Haploprimitia sp. (7768)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) Leperditella sp. (34547 34561 34563)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Glandites laticornis (204891) Glandites laticornis, Glandites bulbosus (204686)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Russian Federation (Siberia) Leperditella sp. (9311)
Katian - Pirgu452.8 - 445.2Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Leperditella sp., Glandites bulbosus, Glandites laticornis (204687)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Leperditella fryei, Punctaparchites splendens (23191)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6USA (Iowa) Leperditella fryei, Punctaparchites splendens (23235)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Northwest Territories) Leperditella sp. (102273)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Iowa) Leperditella dorsicornis, Leperditella sacceliformis (23237) Leperditella fryei, Punctaparchites splendens (23236)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Russian Federation (Pskov Oblast) Leperditella brachinota (235852 235888)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Iowa) Leperditella dorsicornis, Leperditella sacceliformis (23238)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Nunavut) Macronotella rugosa (24176)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Kentucky) Leperditella glabra (37833)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Canada (Ontario) Leperditella glabra (26305)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (Alaska) Leperditellidae indet. (100359)
Rawtheyan - Cautleyan448.8 - 448.8Russian Federation (Siberia) Glandites sp. (9313)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Australia (Victoria) Haploprimitia sp. (8028)
Pridoli - Lochkovian422.7 - 413.02USA (Oklahoma) Parahealdia quaesita (26826)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62Ukraine Welleriella prostrata (23446)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (Illinois) Welleriella sp. (24285)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31France Coryellina curta, Coryellina sp. (38681) Coryellina sp., Leptoprimitia sp. 1 (38683)
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7China (Guizhou) Coryellina grammi, Coryellina advenoides (58462)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Coryellina firma (132988 133142)