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Monoceratina speciosa

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bythocytheridae

Taxonomy
Monoceratina speciosa was named by Alexander (1934). It is not extant. Its type locality is Station 21, tributary of Tehuacana Creek, which is in a Danian/Selandian marginal marine claystone in the Wills Point Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. burgensis, M. fusiformis, M. plaga, M. seebergensis, M. stimulea, M. ungulina, M. variabilis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Monoceratina speciosa Alexander p. 231 figs. Plate 34, fig. 6

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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
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyBythocytheridaeSars 1928
genusMonoceratinaRoth 1928
speciesspeciosa

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.

†Monoceratina speciosa Alexander 1934
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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: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-05 02:00:00
Modified: 2010-02-23 23:16:56
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Selandian or 66.00000 to 59.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Texas) Monoceratina speciosa (type locality: 191450)