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Monoceratina alexanderi

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bythocytheridae

Taxonomy
Monoceratina alexanderi was named by Howe and Chambers (1935). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grand View bluff on the Ouachita River, which is in an Eocene marginal marine horizon in Louisiana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Monoceratina alexanderi Howe and Chambers p. 21 figs. Plate III, figure 19; Plate IV, figure 21

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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
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyBythocytheridaeSars 1928
genusMonoceratinaRoth 1928
speciesalexanderi

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.

†Monoceratina alexanderi Howe and Chambers 1935
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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: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-05 02:00:00
Modified: 2010-02-23 23:16:56
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Monoceratina alexanderi (191908 type locality: 191912)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Monoceratina alexanderi (191999)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Monoceratina alexanderi (94040)