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Richina

Ostracoda - Beyrichicopida - Richinidae

Taxonomy
Richina is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Richinidae.

It was assigned to Richinidae by Benson et al. (1961); and to Palaeocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
R. subcircularis, R. trinodosa, R. truncata
Species lacking formal opinion data
R. selenicristata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Richina Benson et al. p. Q132
2002Richina Sepkoski

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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)
familyRichinidaeSohn 1961
genusRichina

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.

G. †Richina
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†Richina subcircularis Coryell and Malkin 1936
†Richina trinodosa Kesling and Chilman 1978
†Richina truncata Coryell and Malkin 1936
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: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Givetian or 419.20000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Helderbergian - Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Ukraine R. biconica (13875)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Poland R. propria, R. varia (13878)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Ukraine R. biconica (13876)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Morocco R. sp. (230058)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Ohio) R. subcircularis, R. truncata (81857 206972 206973 206974)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Michigan) R. subcircularis, R. trinodosa, R. truncata (38475)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) R. selenicristata (94041 94042 94047 94049) R. selenicristata, R. sp. (94048) R. truncata (206793)