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Mononotella
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Archaeocopida
Family:
Indianidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Mononotella Ulrich & BASSLER, 1931
Type Species:
Primitia ?fusiformis MATTHEW, 1895
Images
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Fig. 39,4. *M. fusiformis (Matthew), Can.(N.B.), 4a,b, carapace R, dors., X6 (Ulrich & Bassler, 1931)"
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cambrian
Beginning International Stage:
Fortunian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
538.8
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cambrian
Ending International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 4
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
40
Ending Date:
512.3
Description
Like Indiana but valves apparently fused along dorsal margin
References
\& Bassler, R. S., 1931, Cambrian bivalted Crustacea of the order Conchostraca: U.S. Natl. Mus., Proc., v. 78, art. 4, p. 1-130, pl. 1-10 (Washington).
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea (superclass)
Class:
Ostracoda
Order:
Archaeocopida
Family:
Indianidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Mononotella Ulrich & BASSLER, 1931
Type Species:
Primitia ?fusiformis MATTHEW, 1895
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 39,4. *M. fusiformis (Matthew), Can.(N.B.), 4a,b, carapace R, dors., X6 (Ulrich & Bassler, 1931)"
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cambrian
Beginning International Stage:
Fortunian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
538.8
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Lower Cambrian
Ending International Stage:
Cambrian Stage 4
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
40
Ending Date:
512.3
Description
Like Indiana but valves apparently fused along dorsal margin
References
\& Bassler, R. S., 1931, Cambrian bivalted Crustacea of the order Conchostraca: U.S. Natl. Mus., Proc., v. 78, art. 4, p. 1-130, pl. 1-10 (Washington).