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Healdia cuneata

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Healdiidae

Taxonomy
Healdia cuneata was named by Coryell and Billings (1932). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wayland Shale, near Cisco TX, Ostracoda, which is in a Pennsylvanian offshore shale in the Graham Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Healdia cuneata Coryell and Billings p. 178 figs. Pl 18, fig 14
1935Healdia cuneata Kellett p. 143 figs. Pl 16, figs 6a,b

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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
genusHealdiaRoundy 1926
speciescuneataCoryell and Billings 1932

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.

Healdia cuneata Coryell and Billings 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
carapace height10.220
valve height10.200

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: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: Gzhelian or 303.70000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Texas) Healdia cuneata (type locality: 210784)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Healdia cuneata (132993)