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Silenites lenticularis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae

Taxonomy
Carbonia lenticularis was named by Knight (1928). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 6. 200 ft. north of Clayton Rd., 1st street west of Kirkwood-Ferguson Trolly tracks, "Davis Place" subdivision, Clayton, which is in a Desmoinesian carbonate limestone in the Pawnee Formation of Missouri.

It was recombined as Silenites lenticularis by Kellett (1935) and Shi and Chen (1987).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. warei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Carbonia lenticularis Knight p. 335 figs. Pl 44, figs 9a,b
1935Silenites lenticularis Kellett p. 151 figs. Pl 17, figs 9a-i
1987Silenites lenticularis Shi and Chen p. 62 figs. Pl 15, figs 1-3

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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
suborderPodocopinaSars 1866
superfamilyBairdioidea(Sars 1888)
familyBairdiocyprididaeShaver 1961
genusSilenites
specieslenticularis(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.

†Silenites lenticularis Knight 1928
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Diagnosis
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