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Cardiniferellidae

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Cardiniferellidae

Taxonomy
Cardiniferellidae was named by Sohn (1953). Its type is Cardiniferella.

It was assigned to Kirkbyacea by Benson et al. (1961); and to Kirkbyoidea by Liebau (2005).

Subtaxa
Cardiniferella (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Cardiniferellidae Sohn
1961Cardiniferellidae Benson et al. p. Q164
2005Cardiniferellidae Liebau p. 120

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
suborderBeyrichicopinaScott 1961
superfamilyKirkbyoidea(Ulrich and Bassler 1906)
familyCardiniferellidaeSohn 1953
familyCardiniferellidaeSohn 1953

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.

Fm. †Cardiniferellidae Sohn 1953
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available