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Byrsolopsina

Ostracoda - Beyrichicopida - Aechminidae

Taxonomy
Byrsolopsina is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Palaeocopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Aechminidae by Schallreuter et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Byrsolopsina Sepkoski
2007Byrsolopsina Schallreuter et al. p. 270

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
superorderPalaecopamorphesAbushik 1990
orderBeyrichicopida(Pokorný 1954)
suborderBinodicopina(Schallreuter 1972)
familyAechminidae(Boucek 1936)
genusByrsolopsina

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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-04 06:54:01
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:59:32
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Blackriveran or 460.90000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician470.0 - 443.4USA (Minnesota) B. ovata (23183)
Blackriveran460.9 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) B. planilateralis (55999)
Kirkfieldian460.9 - 449.5USA (Iowa) B. centipunctata, B. normella, B. ovata, B. planilateralis (23214 23215)
Kirkfieldian - Shermanian460.9 - 449.5USA (Minnesota) B. centipunctata, B. normella, B. ovata, B. planilateralis (23177)
Rocklandian460.9 - 449.5USA (Iowa) B. ovata (23203) B. ovata, B. planilateralis (23207)
Rocklandian - Shermanian460.9 - 449.5USA (Minnesota) B. centipunctata, B. normella, B. ovata, B. planilateralis (23174)
Shermanian460.9 - 449.5USA (Iowa) B. centipunctata, B. normella, B. ovata, B. planilateralis (23217) B. centipunctata, B. ovata (23219) B. ovata (23230 23231 23232)
Wildernessian460.9 - 449.5Canada (Northwest Territories) B. centipunctata (26958 26960 26962 26964 26967)