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Cavellina boomeri

Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cavellinidae

Taxonomy
Cavellina boomeri was named by Crasquin-Soleau (1999). Its type specimen is MGL74702, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Cavellina boomeri Crasquin-Soleau p. 172 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
Life
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPlatycopidaSars 1866
suborderPlatycopinaSars 1866
superfamilyCavellinoideaEgorov 1950
familyCavellinidaeEgorov 1950
genusCavellinaCoryell 1928
speciesboomeri

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.

Cavellina boomeri Crasquin-Soleau 1999
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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: suspension feedero
Vision: blindo
Created: 2010-02-05 01:56:31
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:59:51
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Wordian or 268.80000 to 265.10000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian268.8 - 265.1Oman Cavellina boomeri (49846 49858 49865 49918 121884 121886 121891)