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Brasacypris morigerata

Ostracoda

Taxonomy
Brasacypris morigerata was named by Musacchio (1973). Its type specimen is MLP 11926, a carapace (Complete caparace), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Brasacypris morigerata Musacchio p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
genusBrasacyprisKrömmelbein 1965
speciesmorigerata

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.

†Brasacypris morigerata Musacchio 1973
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. A. Musacchio 1973Smooth, large, ovoid-shaped shell. Contour in subovate lateral view; dorsal edge barely protruding at the top medium but rounded and then slightly inclining backwards and moderately forward; the rest of the contour remains rounded, very widely on the ventral edge and somewhat more narrowly on the anterior edge. Hinge area externally denoted in a faint groove, coinciding with the part of the dorsal edge that slopes backwards, left valve greater than right valve, without coverage only in the part of the hinge; external margin of the left valve somewhat separated from the right valve in the anteroventral and more slightly separated in the posteroventral part. Contour in dorsal view with the greatest width in the middle posterior part, sub-ovate, somewhat flattened and with non-acute ends, (especially
the later). In this view the external margin of the left valve is sinuous, denoting greater coverage over the right valve in front of the angle cardinal anterior and posteriorly.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-04 06:54:01
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:59:32
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available