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Malnina parva

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Beyrichiidae

Taxonomy
Malnina parva was named by Olempska (2008). Its type specimen is ZPAL O.58/94 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mu-42, Muhua Section, which is in a Tournaisian deep subtidal limestone in the Muhua Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Malnina parva Olempska p. 731 figs. 13.1-13.13

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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
superfamilyBeyrichioideaMatthew 1886
familyBeyrichiidaeJones 1894
genusMalninaJones 1989
speciesparva

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.

†Malnina parva Olempska 2008
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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

Age range: Tournaisian or 358.86000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7China (Guizhou) Malnina sp. (type locality: 58462)