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Sansabella

Ostracoda - Platycopida - Sansabellidae

Taxonomy
Sansabella is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Palaeocopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Sansabellidae by Benson et al. (1961) and Guillam et al. (2022).

Species
S. bolliaformis, S. fayettevillensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. ampla, S. keslingi, S. truncata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Sansabella Benson et al. p. Q187
2002Sansabella Sepkoski
2022Sansabella Guillam et al. p. 25

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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
superfamilySansabelloideaSohn 1961
familySansabellidaeSohn 1961
genusSansabella

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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†Sansabella bolliaformis Ulrich and Bassler 1906
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height10.440

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: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: base of the Meramecian to the top of the Artinskian or 343.00000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Arkansas) S. fayettevillensis (76148 76152) S. reticulata (76149)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Nevada) S. sp. (62674)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2Canada (Alberta) S. ampla (62383)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Arkansas) S. fayettevillensis (76146)
Chesterian - Alportian335.5 - 321.8USA (Wyoming) S. reversa (5689 5710)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Oklahoma) S. truncata, S. keslingi (5611)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Maryland) S. sp. (118828)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Jonesina bolliaformis (132990 132991 132994 133136 133137 133138 133139 133141)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Maryland) S. sp. (118827)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Kansas) Jonesina bolliaformis (95361 95378 95379 110321)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Kansas) Jonesina bolliaformis (88235 93781 110315 110317 110318)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Kansas) Jonesina bolliaformis (110313 110314 110316 110319)