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Beecherella

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Beecherellidae

Taxonomy
Beecherella is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Beecherellidae.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Beecherella Benson et al. p. Q207
2002Beecherella 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
suborderPodocopinaSars 1866
superfamilyBairdioidea(Sars 1888)
familyBeecherellidaeUlrich 1894
genusBeecherella

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: 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: Lochkovian or 419.20000 to 410.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Italy (Sardinia) B. carinata (26161)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (New York) B. sp. (24815)