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Quasillitacea

Ostracoda - Podocopida

Taxonomy
Quasillitacea was named by Coryell and Malkin (1936). Its type is Quasillitidae.

It was corrected as Quasillitoidea by Liebau (2005).

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

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Quasillitacea Coryell and Malkin
1961Quasillitacea Benson et al. p. Q374
2005Quasillitoidea Liebau

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderMetacopinaSylvester-Bradley 1961
superfamilyQuasillitaceaCoryell and Malkin 1936
superfamilyQuasillitaceaCoryell and Malkin 1936

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. †Quasillitacea Coryell and Malkin 1936
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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: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-05 02:00:00
Modified: 2010-02-23 23:16:56
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: Early/Lower Givetian or 387.95000 to 385.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Czechia (Moravia) Unicornites homeomorphus (5767)