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Silenites sasakwaformis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae

Taxonomy
Silenites sasakwaformis was named by Shi (1987). Its type specimen is NIGP 91897 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Meishan Ostracod Sample 30, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. warei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Silenites sasakwaformis Shi
2010Silenites sasakwaformis Crasquin and Forel p. 358 figs. 20A'-C'
2015Silenites sasakwaformis Forel et al. p. 439 figs. 22X-Z

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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
speciessasakwaformis

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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