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Ponderodictya

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Healdiidae

Taxonomy
Ponderodictya was named by Coryell and Malkin (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: D Gedi D Fras-m]. It is not extant. Its type is Leperditia punctulifera.

It was assigned to Healdiidae by Coryell and Malkin (1936); and to Metacopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. punctulifera, P. rhodesi
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. assymetrica, P. favulosa, P. ohioensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Ponderodictya Coryell and Malkin
1936Hamiltonella Stewart
2002Ponderodictya Sepkoski

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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
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderMetacopinaSylvester-Bradley 1961
superfamilyHealdioidea(Harlton 1933)
familyHealdiidae
genusPonderodictyaCoryell 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.

G. †Ponderodictya Coryell and Malkin 1936
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†Ponderodictya punctulifera Kesling and Chilman 1978
†Ponderodictya rhodesi Kesling and Chilman 1978
Invalid names: Hamiltonella Stewart 1936 [synonym]
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: base of the Eifelian to the top of the Late/Upper Frasnian or 393.47000 to 372.15000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Pennsylvania) P. favulosa (9521 9523 9524 9525)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (West Virginia) P. favulosa (9526)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31Canada (Ontario) P. sp. (193694)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Czechia (Moravia) P. assymetrica (5767)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Pennsylvania) P. punctulifera (9887 9908) P. sp. (627)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Ohio) P. ohioensis, P. punctulifera, P. rhodesi (81857 206972 206973 206974)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Michigan) P. ohioensis, P. punctulifera, P. rhodesi (38475 38476)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) P. punctulifera (94043 94047 94048 94049) P. sp. (5657 5661 5668)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Poland P. sp. A (35396)