Ostracoda - Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae
Synonym: Alveus Hamilton 1942
Parent taxon: Microcheilinellidae according to A. Chitnarin and C. Ketwetsuriya 2021
See also Chitnarin 2017, Crasquin 2008, Crasquin and Forel 2010, Fohrer and Samankassou 2005, Forel 2017, Hamilton 1942, Hoare and Mapes 2000, Kozur 1985, Sepkoski 2002, Tanaka 2018 and Zazzali et al. 2015
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Alveus depressus Microcheilinella aculeata Microcheilinella alborzella Microcheilinella anxianensis Microcheilinella bicornuta Microcheilinella buekkensis Microcheilinella contrariella Microcheilinella dorsicostata Microcheilinella egerensis Microcheilinella hungarica Microcheilinella inflata Microcheilinella lata Microcheilinella laterospinosa Microcheilinella malyinkaensis Microcheilinella mariettensis Microcheilinella multinodosa Microcheilinella pagodaensis Microcheilinella peculiaris Microcheilinella perexilis Microcheilinella peroi Microcheilinella posthungarica Microcheilinella postlaterospinosa Microcheilinella postspinosa Microcheilinella qinglongensis Microcheilinella rectodorsata Microcheilinella shicheni Microcheilinella shigensis Microcheilinella speciosa Microcheilinella subovata Microcheilinella subreniformis Microcheilinella tschikalyensis Microcheilinella tsubogawensis Microcheilinella venusta Microcheilinella visnyoensis Microcheilinella wujiapingensis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (8 collections), Hungary (5), Pakistan (1), Romania (1), Turkey (5)
• Permian of Azerbaijan (4), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (190), Greece (6), Guatemala (6), Hungary (8), Iran (21), Italy (3), Japan (3), Lithuania (15), the Russian Federation (2), Thailand (10), Turkey (1), United States (1: Texas)
• Carboniferous of China (2), Italy (1), United States (10: Arkansas, Indiana, Kansas)
• Devonian of Belgium (1), France (2), Poland (13), the Russian Federation (19), Turkey (1), United States (6: Michigan, Ohio)
• Silurian of Estonia (3), Lithuania (2), the Russian Federation (2), Ukraine (3)
Total: 356 collections including 532 occurrences
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