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Moorites kozuri

Ostracoda - Beyrichicopida - Youngiellidae

Taxonomy
Moorites kozuri was named by Gerry and Honigstein (1987). Its type specimen is Xe 13368 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Maktesh Qatan-2 Well, Negev Desert, which is in a Changhsingian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone/shale in the Arqov Formation of Israel.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. punktus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Moorites kozuri Gerry and Honigstein p. 205 figs. Pl 2, figs 29-31
2005Moorites kozuri Honigstein and Rosenfeld p. 418 figs. Pl 3, fig 9

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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
orderBeyrichicopida(Pokorný 1954)
suborderBinodicopina(Schallreuter 1972)
familyYoungiellidae
genusMoorites
specieskozuri

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.

†Moorites kozuri Gerry and Honigstein 1987
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Diagnosis
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