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Bertelsiana escobari

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Progonocytheridae

Taxonomy
Bertelsiana escobari was named by Rossi de Garcia and Prosepio (1978). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Bertelsiana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Bertelsiana escobari Rossi de Garcia and Prosepio p. 26 figs. lam III - fig 2

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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
superfamilyCytherideoideaLeibau 2005
familyProgonocytheridaeSylvester-Bradley 1948
genusBertelsiana
speciesescobari

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.

†Bertelsiana escobari Rossi de Garcia and Prosepio 1978
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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: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Bertelsiana escobari (236602)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Bertelsiana escobari (231295)