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Marginia

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Beyrichiopsidae

Taxonomy
Marginia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Tambovia by Benson et al. (1961).

It was assigned to Palaeocopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Beyrichiopsidae by Abushik and Evdokimova (2016).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Marginia Sepkoski
2016Marginia Abushik and Evdokimova p. 710

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
suborderKloedenellocopinaScott 1961
superfamilyKloedenelloidea(Ulrich and Bassler 1908)
familyBeyrichiopsidaeHenningsmoen 1953
genusMarginia

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. †Marginia
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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 Early/Lower Emsian to the top of the Early/Lower Famennian or 409.10000 to 370.60000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Russian Federation M. lobanovensis (35710 35711)
Late/Upper Emsian402.5 - 391.9Russian Federation M. lobanovensis (35717 35720)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Poland M. decora (35396)
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Poland M. sp. A Casier and Lethiers 1998 (35405 35411)
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6USA (Nevada) M. ivanovae (158171)