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Drepanellina ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4809025	https://www.gbif.org/species/4809025
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	23143	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=23143

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Palaeocopida : Beyrichiidae : Drepanellina

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
subphylum	Crustacea	Brünnich 1772
class	Ostracoda	Latreille 1802
subclass	Podocopa	Sars 1865
order	Palaeocopida	Henningsmoen 1953
suborder	Beyrichicopina	Scott 1961
superfamily	Beyrichioidea	Matthew 1886
family	Beyrichiidae	Jones 1894
genus	Drepanellina	Ulrich & Bassler 1923

Scientific Name

Drepanellina Ulrich & Bassler, 1923

Name Published In

Ulrich, E.O. and Bassler, R.S. (1923a) Paleozoic Ostracoda: their morphology, classification and occurence. Maryland Geological Survey, 271–391.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Drepanellina	genus	belongs to Beyrichiidae	stated without evidence	Benson et al., 1961
Drepanellina	genus	belongs to Beyrichiidae	stated with evidence	Yi, 1993
Drepanellina	genus	belongs to Palaeocopida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

443 - 433 Ma
Silurian

Last Recorded Appearance

279 - 272 Ma
Permian

Environment

hypersaline,marine,brackish,freshwater (based on Ostracoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Ostracoda)

Vision

limited (based on Ostracoda)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Palaeocopida)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Ostracoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Drepanellina clarki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Drepanellina claypolei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Drepanellina confluens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Drepanellina datianensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Drepanellina modesta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Drepanellina simplex species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Drepanellina ventralis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1923	Drepanellina Ulrich and Bassler
1961	Drepanellina Benson et al.
1993	Drepanellina Yi p. 568
2002	Drepanellina Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Benson R. H., Berdan J. M., et al (1961) Part Q, Arthropoda: Crustacea: Ostracoda, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Q 3, 1-432

Yi W. J. (1993) Ostracode fauna from Lower Permian Chihsia Formation of Guangping in Datian, Fujian, Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 32 5, 561-586

Ulrich, E.O. and Bassler, R.S. (1923a) Paleozoic Ostracoda: their morphology, classification and occurence. Maryland Geological Survey, 271–391. - via World Register of Marine Species

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Nov 2016). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Maryland Geol. Surv., Silurian, 308 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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