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Thaumatomma piscifrons

Ostracoda - Halocyprida - Thaumatocyprididae

Taxonomy
Thaumatomma piscifrons was named by Kornicker and Sohn (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 168167, a valve (left valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM9261, Episkopi, Hydra Island, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine packstone/wackestone in the Episkopi Formation of Greece.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Thaumatomma piscifrons Kornicker and Sohn p. 107 figs. 81-87
1998Thaumatomma piscifrons Sohn and Kornicker p. 23 fig. 15
2013Thaumatomma piscifrons Sebe et al. p. 515 figs. Pl 4, fig 18

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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
subclassMyodocopaSars 1866
orderHalocypridaDana 1853
suborderHalocypridinaDana 1853
superfamilyThaumatocypridoidea(Muller 1906)
familyThaumatocyprididaeMuller 1906
genusThaumatomma
speciespiscifrons

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.

†Thaumatomma piscifrons Kornicker and Sohn 1976
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Diagnosis
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