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Glossomorphites

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Tetradellidae

Taxonomy
Glossomorphites was named by Hessland (1953) [Sepkoski's age data: O Aren-u O Llvi-l Sepkoski's reference number: 855]. It is the type genus of Glossomorphitinae.

It was assigned to Sigmoopsidae by Benson et al. (1961); to Palaeocopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Glossomorphitinae by Henningsmoen (1953), Lajblová and Kraft (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Glossopsis Hessland
1953Glossomorphites Henningsmoen
1953Glossomorphites Hessland
1961Glossomorphites Benson et al. p. Q156
2002Glossomorphites Sepkoski
2014Glossomorphites Lajblová and Kraft p. 372

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
orderHollinocopidaHenningsmoen 1965
suborderHollinocopinaSwartz 1936
superfamilyHollinaceaSwartz 1936
familyTetradellidaeSwartz 1936
subfamilySigmoopsinae()
subfamilyGlossomorphitinae
genusGlossomorphitesHessland 1953

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.

G. †Glossomorphites Hessland 1953
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Subg. †Glossomorphites (Glossomorphites) Hessland 1954
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†Glossomorphites (Glossomorphites) mytoensis Schallreuter and Kruta 1988
†Glossomorphites acuta Hessland 1949
†Glossomorphites lingua Hessland 1949
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Invalid names: Beyrichia digitata Krause 1889 [synonym]
Invalid names: Glossopsis Hessland 1949 [replaced]
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: 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 Volkhov to the top of the Ashgill or 471.30000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hunderum - Volkhov472.1 - 469.1Norway (Oslo Asker) G. lingua (190066)
Hunderum - Volkhov472.1 - 469.1Norway (Oslo-Asker) G. lingua (190065) G. lingua, G. acuta (190063)
Volkhov471.3 - 469.1Russian Federation (Leningrag oblast) G. acutus, G. grandispinosus (235818)
Volkhov471.3 - 469.1Norway (Oslo-Asker) G. acuta (190102 190104)
Volkhov471.3 - 469.1Lithuania G. lingua (207278)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1India G. himalayaensis (140616)