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Kloedenella

Ostracoda - Platycopida - Kloedenellidae

Taxonomy
Kloedenella is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Kloedenellidae by Benson et al. (1961), Adamczak (1991) and Yi (1993); and to Palaeocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
K. intermedia, K. nitida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Kloedenella Benson et al. p. Q182
1991Kloedenella Adamczak p. 255
1993Kloedenella Yi p. 569
2002Kloedenella Sepkoski

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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
orderPlatycopidaSars 1866
suborderKloedenellocopinaScott 1961
superfamilyKloedenelloidea(Ulrich and Bassler 1908)
familyKloedenellidaeUlrich and Bassler 1908
genusKloedenella

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
partNmean
carapace height10.318

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: suspension feedero
Vision: blindo
Created: 2010-02-05 01:56:31
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:59:51
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ludlow to the top of the Artinskian or 427.40000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery - Ludlow443.4 - 423.0USA (Maryland) K. cornuta (41100) K. intermedia (41096 41098 41099) K. nitida, K. immersa (41090) K. nitida, K. intermedia (41095)
Llandovery - Ludlow443.4 - 423.0USA (West Virginia) K. sp. (41086)
Ludlow - Pridoli427.4 - 419.2USA (West Virginia) K. bisulcata (41729) K. sp. (41138)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (New York) K. spp. (76756)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8China (Guangxi) K. sp. (4005 4006 4007)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (Illinois) K. sp. (24285)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3China (Fujian) K. sp. (95702)