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Waylandella

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Healdiidae

Taxonomy
Waylandella is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Healdiidae by Ferdinando (2001); and to Metacopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Waylandella Ferdinando p. 73
2002Waylendella 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
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderMetacopinaSylvester-Bradley 1961
superfamilyHealdioidea(Harlton 1933)
familyHealdiidae
genusWaylandella

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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Waylandella holmwoodensis Ferdinando 2001
Waylandella symmetrica Cooper 1946
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height20.2700.2700.2700.270-

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-05 02:00:00
Modified: 2010-02-23 23:16:56
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kinderhookian to the top of the Changhsingian or 360.70000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kinderhookian360.7 - 353.8USA (Montana) W. sp. (123117)
Kinderhookian360.7 - 353.8USA (Indiana) W. sp. (6733) W. sp. A, W. dartyensis (6734)
Chadian345.3 - 345.0USA (Indiana) Waylendella sp. (2184 2442)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Texas) W. fornicata, W. spinosa, W. waylandica (210784)
Sakmarian295.5 - 290.1China (Zhejiang) W. symmetrica (120909)
Sakmarian295.5 - 290.1Australia (Western Australia) W. holmwoodensis (108208 108214 108215 108245 108247 108277 108287 108293 108297) W. sp. A, W. sp. C (108209) W. sp. C (108244 108248 108281 108283) W. sp. C, W. holmwoodensis (108242 108246 108285)
Capitanian265.1 - 259.9China (Sichuan) W. sp.1 (189439 189441 189442 189443 189444 189445 189446 189461 189463)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Zhejiang) W. sp. (117642)