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Cavellina fosteri

Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cavellinidae

Taxonomy
Cavellina fosteri was named by Gliwa (2020). Its type specimen is ECO119, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AV028, Aras Valley section, which is in a Changhsingian marine shale in the Elikah Formation of Iran.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Cavellina fosteri Gliwa p. 1024 figs. 21J-W, 22

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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
orderPlatycopidaSars 1866
suborderPlatycopinaSars 1866
superfamilyCavellinoideaEgorov 1950
familyCavellinidaeEgorov 1950
genusCavellinaCoryell 1928
speciesfosteri

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.

†Cavellina fosteri Gliwa 2020
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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: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Iran Cavellina fosteri (type locality: 220245 220246 220247 220248 220249 220250 220251 220252 220254)