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Buntonia tenuipunctata

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Taxonomy
Buntonia tenuipunctata was named by Apostolescu (1961).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Buntonia tenuipunctata Apostolescu
1989Buntonia tenuipunctata Carbonnel and Johnson p. 416 figs. Pl 2, figs 9-12
1998Buntonia tenuipunctata Carbonnel p. 55 figs. Pl 1, fig 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyTrachyleberididaeSylvester-Bradley 1948
subfamilyBuntoniinaeApostelescu 1961
genusBuntoniaHowe 1935
speciestenuipunctataApostolescu 1961

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.

†Buntonia tenuipunctata Apostolescu 1961
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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 Danian to the top of the Ypresian or 66.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Benin Buntonia tenuipunctata (241245 241246)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Togo Buntonia tenuipunctata (241130)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Benin Buntonia tenuipunctata (241108)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Togo Buntonia tenuipunctata (241086)