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Neoamphissites costatus

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae

Taxonomy
Neoamphissites costatus was named by Becker and Wang (1992). Its type specimen is NIGP 115670, a valve (right valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Beichuan, sample ACF1-275, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Wujiaping Formation of China. It is the type species of Neoamphissites.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Neoamphissites costatus Becker and Wang p. 15 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-3
1993Datiania kongtongshanensis Yi figs. Pl 1, figs 5-8
2004Neoamphissites costatus Yi p. 562 figs. Pl 1, figs 15,17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
suborderBeyrichicopinaScott 1961
superfamilyKirkbyoidea(Ulrich and Bassler 1906)
familyAmphissitidae(Knight 1928)
genusNeoamphissites
speciescostatus

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.

†Neoamphissites costatus Becker and Wang 1992
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Invalid names: Datiania kongtongshanensis Yi 1993 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height50.5550.4100.6670.6000.099

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-06 00:42:06
Modified: 2010-02-23 22:46:12
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Alvarez et al. 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Changhsingian or 259.51000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Anhui) Neoamphissites costatus (143415)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Sichuan) Neoamphissites costatus (type locality: 143434)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Fujian) Neoamphissites costatus (121206 121216 121230 121292 121293)