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Hesperidella

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Tvaerenellidae

Taxonomy
Hesperidella is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Tvaerenellinae by Jaanusson (1957); to Piretellidae by Benson et al. (1961); and to Palaeocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Hesperidella Jaanusson p. 294
1961Hesperidella Benson et al. p. Q147
2002Hesperidella Sepkoski

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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
familyTvaerenellidaeJaanusson 1957
subfamilyTvaerenellinaeJaanusson 1957
genusHesperidella

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
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: Kiessling 2004, Alvarez et al. 2008

Age range: base of the Shermanian to the top of the Harnagian or 457.30000 to 457.20000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Costonian - Harnagian458.2 - 457.2Sweden H. sp. (2767)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Iowa) H. initialis (23214 23215)
Kirkfieldian - Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) H. initialis (23177)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Iowa) H. initialis (23203 23207)
Rocklandian - Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) H. initialis (23174)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Iowa) H. initialis (23217 23219)