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Acanthoscapha mersinella

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Beecherellidae

Taxonomy
Acanthoscapha mersinella was named by Forel (2017). Its type specimen is P6M4108, a valve (right valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kilek section, Kilek-24, which is in a Julian offshore limestone in the Huglu Tuffite Formation of Turkey.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Acanthoscapha mersinella Forel p. 27 figs. 13M-Q

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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
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderPodocopinaSars 1866
superfamilyBairdioidea(Sars 1888)
familyBeecherellidaeUlrich 1894
genusAcanthoscaphaUlrich and Bassler 1923
speciesmersinella

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
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