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Wichmannella cretacea

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Taxonomy
Wichmannella cretacea was named by Bertels (1974). Its type specimen is FCEN-LM 696, a carapace (Female carapace), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Northern Cuchilla West Sample NCW-12, which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine claystone in the Jagüel Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Wichmannella cretacea Bertels figs. 5-7 8a-6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
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
subfamilyTrachyleberidinaeBradley 1948
genusWichmannellaPuri 1957
speciescretacea

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.

Wichmannella cretacea Bertels 1974
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Bertels 1974Wichmannella with somewhat compressed posterior and posteroventral margins.