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Roundyella simplicissima

Ostracoda - Leperditellocopida - Scrobiculidae

Taxonomy
Amphissites simplicissimus was named by Knight (1928). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Knight's locality #37, which is in a Desmoinesian offshore shale in the Henrietta Formation of Missouri. It is the type species of Roundyella.

It was recombined as Roundyella simplicissima by Chen and Bao (1986), Olempska and Blaszyk (1996) and Crasquin-Soleau (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Amphissites simplicissimus Knight p. 266 figs. Pl 32, fig 11; pl 34, fig 6
1933Amphissites simplicissimus Kellett p. 97 figs. Pl 15, fig 18
1986Roundyella simplicissima Chen and Bao p. 112 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2
1996Roundyella simplicissima Olempska and Blaszyk p. 14 figs. Pl 4, fig 2
1997Roundyella simplicissima Crasquin-Soleau p. 55 figs. Pl 3, figs 10,11

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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
superorderPalaecopamorphesAbushik 1990
orderLeperditellocopidaAbushik 1990
suborderLeiocopinaSchallreuter 1973
familyScrobiculidaePosner 1951
genusRoundyella
speciessimplicissima(Knight 1928)

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.

Roundyella simplicissima Knight 1928
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Diagnosis
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