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Kellettina elongata

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Kellettinidae

Taxonomy
Kellettina elongata was named by Hou (1954). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is By76, Shangzhuyan, Maanshan, Changyang district, which is in a Kungurian marine shale in the Qixia Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Kellettina elongata Hou p. 235 figs. Pl 1, figs 9a,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
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
suborderBeyrichicopinaScott 1961
superfamilyKirkbyoidea(Ulrich and Bassler 1906)
familyKellettinidae()
genusKellettina
specieselongata

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.

†Kellettina elongata Hou 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available