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Hollinella

Classification

    Phylum:  
Arthropoda
    Subphylum:  
Crustacea (superclass)
    Class:  
Ostracoda
    Order:  
Palaeocopida
    Suborder:  
Beyrichicopina
    Superfamily:  
Hollinacea
    Family:  
Hollinidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Hollinella CORYELL, 1928
    Type Species:  
H. dentata


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Fossil Image
Fig. 69,4a,b. *H. dentata, Penn., N.Am., 4a,b, male RV lat., Female LV lat., X30 (Kesling, 1957). -- Fig. 69,4c-g. H. oklahomaensis (Harlton), Penn., USA(Okla.), 4c-e, male carapace R , vent., post., 4f,g, female carapace R , post., all X30 (Kesling, 1957).


Synonyms

Basslerina, Hollites


Geographic Distribution

N.Am.-Eu.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M. Dev.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Eifelian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
394.3
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
M.Perm.
    Ending International Stage:  
Capitanian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
259.55


Description

Lobes consisting of low gently arched L1 confluent in most species with ventral lobe, L2 distinctly nodelike (in some forms partly confluent with L1 ) and set below dorsal border, L3 large and bulbous, $L_{4}$ ill defined, ventral lobe (prominent in many species) connecting L1 and L4 and located between frill and ventral end of wide S2, female with somewhat incurved long frill extending from anterior corner of valves to posteroventral part, male with outward-flaring frill that in most forms is narrower than frill of female. Dimorphism distinct to very indistinct.




References



Museum or Author Information

Kesling, 1957, Kesling, 1957