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Paramunseyella stictus

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Pectocytheridae

Taxonomy
Paramunseyella stictus was named by Ceolin et al. (2024). Its type specimen is LM-FCEN 3570, a valve (Adult valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is El Matuasto-A16, which is in a Maastrichtian marine shale in the Jagüel Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Paramunseyella stictus Ceolin et al. p. 10

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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
superfamilyCytheraceaBaird 1850
familyPectocytheridaeHanai 1957
genusParamunseyella
speciesstictus

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.

†Paramunseyella stictus Ceolin et al. 2024
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. Ceolin et al. 2024A very small, subeliptical species of Paramunseyella, with the entirety of its surface covered with circular puncta, arranged concentrically in the borders of the carapace and more chaotically in the centre
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: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Paramunseyella stictus (234209 234210 type locality: 234211)