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Cyathus elliptica

Ostracoda - Leperditellocopida - Aparchitidae

Taxonomy
Cyathus elliptica was named by Shi (1987). Its type specimen is NIGP 91795 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Meishan Baohuqu section, sample Z1028-5-2, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Cyathus elliptica Shi p. 32 figs. Pl 10, figs 20-23; pl 17, figs 5,6
2010Cyathus elliptica Crasquin and Forel p. 334 figs. 3E-H
2012Cyathus elliptica Chitnarin p. 810 figs. 4E-H
2015Cyathus elliptica Chitnarin p. 121 figs. 12u-w
2015Cyathus elliptica Forel et al. p. 429 fig. 17C,D
2015Cyathus elliptica Zazzali et al. p. 300 figs. 14G, H

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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
familyAparchitidaeJones 1901
genusCyathus
specieselliptica

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.

†Cyathus elliptica Shi 1987
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Diagnosis
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