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Cavellina sphenoformis

Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cavellinidae

Taxonomy
Cavellina sphenoformis was named by Yi (1990). Its type specimen is Fuzhou Univ Dep Geol Mining Eng 13024, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gaodi, ZK302, Shaxian, which is in a Sakmarian shallow subtidal limestone in the Chuanshan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Cavellina sphenoformis Yi p. 741 figs. Pl 2, figs 11,12; text-fig 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
orderPlatycopidaSars 1866
suborderPlatycopinaSars 1866
superfamilyCavellinoideaEgorov 1950
familyCavellinidaeEgorov 1950
genusCavellinaCoryell 1928
speciessphenoformis

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.

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Diagnosis
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