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Microcheilinella anxianensis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae

Taxonomy
Microcheilinella anxianensis was named by Xie (1989). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Xiaoba section, Anxian county, bed 20, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Changxing Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. clava, M. elatus, M. larionovae, M. subcorbuloides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Microcheilinella anxianensis Xie p. 217 figs. Pl 38, figs 6-13

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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
superfamilySigilloideaMandelstam 1960
familyMicrocheilinellidaeGramm 1975
genusMicrocheilinellaGeis 1933
speciesanxianensis

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height40.2830.1900.3400.3150.068

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: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.90000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Sichuan) Microcheilinella anxianensis (148476)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Sichuan) Microcheilinella anxianensis (148483 148491 148497 type locality: 148500 148504 148506 148512)