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Cavellininae

Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cytherellidae

Taxonomy
Cavellininae was named by Egorov (1950).

It was assigned to Cytherellidae by Adamczak (2003).

Subtaxa
Birdsallella

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Cavellininae Egorov
2003Cavellininae Adamczak p. 58

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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
superfamilyCytherelloideaSars 1886
familyCytherellidaeSars 1866
subfamilyCavellininaeEgorov 1950
subfamilyCavellininaeEgorov 1950

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.

Subfm. †Cavellininae Egorov 1950
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G. †Birdsallella Coryell and Booth 1933
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†Birdsallella devonica Coryell and Malkin 1936
†Birdsallella nitida Chen 1987
†Birdsallella tumida Stewart 1936
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: base of the Givetian to the top of the Changhsingian or 387.95000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Ohio) Birdsallella devonica, Birdsallella tumida (81857 206972 206973 206974)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Michigan) Birdsallella devonica, Birdsallella tumida (38475) Birdsallella tumida (38476)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) Birdsallella catena, Birdsallella devonica (94047 94048 94049) Birdsallella devonica (94041 94042)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Oman Birdsallella spp. (49859)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Zhejiang) Birdsallella nitida (117656 117665) Birdsallella sp. (117653) Birdsallella sp., Birdsallella nitida (117642 117673)