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Wolburgia

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheruridae

Taxonomy
Wolburgia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cytherideidae by Bertels (1972); to Cytheruridae by Bertels (1973); and to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Wolburgia Bertels p. 180
1973Wolburgia Bertels
2002Wolburgia 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
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyCytheruridaeMüller 1894
genusWolburgia

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. †Wolburgia
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Wolburgia neocretacea Bertels 1972
Wolburgia paleocenica Bertels 1973
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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available