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Cavussurella grammi

Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cavellinidae

Taxonomy
Cavussurella grammi was named by Sohn (1987). Its type specimen is USNM 389845, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 33107-33131 [Limestone & Dolomite Mbr, Shublik Fm], which is in a Ladinian offshore shale in the Shublik Formation of Alaska.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Cavussurella grammi Sohn p. C20 figs. pl. 3, figs. 8-21; pl. 4, figs. 1-21

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

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.

†Cavussurella grammi Sohn 1987
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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: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Sevatian or 242.00000 to 205.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0USA (Alaska) Cavussurella grammi (type locality: 162419)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0USA (Alaska) Cavussurella grammi (162418)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5USA (Alaska) Cavussurella grammi (162414)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Alaska) Cavussurella grammi (162416)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0USA (Alaska) Cavussurella grammi (162417)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6USA (Alaska) Cavussurella grammi (162415)