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Roundyella simplex ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4945271https://www.gbif.org/species/4945271
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)112626https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=112626
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Palaeocopida : Scrobiculidae : Roundyella : Roundyella simplex
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Palaeocopida : Scrobiculidae : Roundyella : Roundyella simplex
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classOstracodaLatreille 1802
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
suborderBeyrichicopinaScott 1961
superfamilyKirkbyoidea
familyScrobiculidaePosner 1951
genusRoundyella
speciesRoundyella simplexGirty 1910
Generic NameRoundyella
Scientific NameRoundyella simplex (Girty, 1910)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Roundyella simplexspeciesbelongs to Kirkbyastated without evidenceGirty, 1910
Roundyella simplexspeciesbelongs to Amphissitesstated with evidenceRoth, 1929
Roundyella simplexspeciesbelongs to Roundyellastated with evidenceSohn, 1969
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance345 - 336 Ma
Carboniferous
Environmenthypersaline,marine,brackish,freshwater (based on Ostracoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Ostracoda)
Visionlimited (based on Ostracoda)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Palaeocopida)
Taphonomylow Mg calcite (based on Ostracoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. H. Girty. 1910. New genera and species of Carboniferous fossils from the Fayetteville shale of Arkansas. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 20(3):189-238

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Kirkbya simplex (Girty, 1910)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Palaeocopida : Scrobiculidae : Roundyella : Kirkbya simplex
Amphissites simplex Bassler & Kellett, 1934 (Girty, 1910)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Palaeocopida : Scrobiculidae : Roundyella : Amphissites simplex

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1910Kirkbya simplex Girty p. 235
1929Amphissites simplex Roth p. 9
1969Roundyella simplex Sohn pp. 44 – 45 figs. pl. 6 f. 1-2

References

Girty G. H. (1910) New genera and species of Carboniferous fossils from the Fayetteville shale of Arkansas, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 20 3, 189-238
Sohn I.G. (1969) Revision of some of Girty's invertebrate fossils from the Fayetteville Shale (Mississippian) of Arkansas and Oklahoma - Ostracodes, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 606 F, 41-55
G. H. Girty (1910) New genera and species of Carboniferous fossils from the Fayetteville shale of Arkansas: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 3: 189--238 - via Catalogue of Life
I.G. Sohn (1969) Revision of some of Girty's invertebrate fossils from the Fayetteville Shale (Mississippian) of Arkansas and Oklahoma - Ostracodes: United States Geological Survey Professional Paper F: 41--55 - via Catalogue of Life
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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