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Silenites zhejiangensis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae

Taxonomy
Silenites zhejiangensis was named by Forel (2010). Its type specimen is P6M2582, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Meishan 04C15-1, Bed 15, Meishan D, which is in a Changhsingian offshore ramp lime mudstone in the Changxing Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Silenites zhejiangensis Forel p. 358 figs. 9U-W

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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
specieszhejiangensis

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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