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Wolburgia neocretacea

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheruridae

Taxonomy
Wolburgia neocretacea was named by Bertels (1972). Its type specimen is FCEN-LM 531, a carapace (Complete caparace), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Wolburgiopsis neocretacea by Uliana and Musacchio (1978), Carignano and Varela (2011), Carignano (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Wolburgia neocretacea Bertels pp. 181-182 figs. 8a-b
1978Wolburgiopsis neocretacea Uliana and Musacchio
2011Wolburgiopsis neocretacea Carignano and Varela p. 174
2012Wolburgiopsis neocretacea Carignano

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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
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyCytheruridaeMüller 1894
genusWolburgia
speciesneocretacea

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.

†Wolburgia neocretacea Bertels 1972
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Bertels 1972Specie of the genus Wolburgia characterized by two dorsally positioned grooves and a reticulated surface.
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: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) Wolburgia neocretacea (66649)