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Microcheilinella lata

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae

Taxonomy
Microcheilinella lata was named by Crasquin (2008). Its type specimen is P6M2306, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bulla section BU6, Bulla Member, Ortisei, which is in a Changhsingian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal packstone/wackestone in the Bellerophon Formation of Italy.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Microcheilinella lata Crasquin p. 249 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilySigilloideaMandelstam 1960
familyMicrocheilinellidaeGramm 1975
genusMicrocheilinellaGeis 1933
specieslata

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.

Microcheilinella lata Crasquin 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height30.2650.2550.2700.2700.009

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: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Italy Microcheilinella lata (type locality: 84134 84151)