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Wicherella semiora

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Progonocytheridae

Taxonomy
Wicherella semiora was named by Lord (1972). Its type specimen is HU 54.J.27, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ridge Cliff (Down Cliff Sands), which is in a Margaritatus marine horizon in the Down Cliff Sands Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Wicherella.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Wicherella semiora Lord p. 189 figs. Pl 39, figs 1-13text-fig 2

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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
superfamilyCytheraceaBaird 1850
familyProgonocytheridaeSylvester-Bradley 1948
genusWicherella
speciessemiora

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.

†Wicherella semiora Lord 1972
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Diagnosis
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