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Darwinula contracta

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Darwinulidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Darwinula contracta Mandelstam p. 54 figs. Pl 15, figs 1a-g
1976Darwinula contracta Zheng p. 81 figs. Pl 2, figs 13-16

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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
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderDarwinulocopina(Sohn 1988)
superfamilyDarwinuloideaBrady and Norman 1889
familyDarwinulidaeBrady and Norman 1889
genusDarwinulaBrady and Robertson 1885
speciescontractaMandelstam 1955

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.

Darwinula contracta Mandelstam 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: freshwatersuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 09:58:30
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:58:30
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Aptian or 121.40000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mongolia (Govi-Altai) Darwinula contracta (136203)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2China (Liaoning) Darwinula contracta (36972)