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Semipetasus signatus

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kirkbyidae

Taxonomy
Semipetasus signatus was named by Sohn (1954). Its type specimen is USNM 118411 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM703a, Old Word Ranch, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Road Canyon Formation of Texas. It is the type species of Semipetasus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Semipetasus signatus Sohn p. 16 figs. Pl 4, fig 12; pl 5, figs 7,8

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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
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
suborderBeyrichicopinaScott 1961
superfamilyKirkbyoidea(Ulrich and Bassler 1906)
familyKirkbyidaeUlrich and Bassler 1906
genusSemipetasus
speciessignatus

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.

Semipetasus signatus Sohn 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height50.9400.8001.040.9800.095

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-06 00:42:06
Modified: 2010-02-23 22:46:12
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Alvarez et al. 2008

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Kungurian or 298.90000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Texas) Semipetasus signatus (43468)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Semipetasus signatus (type locality: 43513)