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Protocytheridae

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Protocytheridae

Taxonomy
Protocytheridae was named by Lyubimova (1955) [in Lyubimova and Khabarova]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cytheracea by Andreu and Tronchetti (1994).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Protocytheridae Lyubimova
1994Protocytheridae Andreu and Tronchetti p. 59

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
superfamilyCytheraceaBaird 1850
familyProtocytheridaeLyubimova 1955
familyProtocytheridaeLyubimova 1955

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.

Fm. †Protocytheridae Lyubimova 1955
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G. †Aaleniella Plumhoff 1963
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 180.40000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Levesquei182.9 - 174.7Germany Aaleniella reticulata (59428 59431)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Germany Aaleniella reticulata (59437 59439 59443 59444 59445 59451 59456)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Germany Aaleniella reticulata (59457 59469)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Kazakhstan Aaleniella sp. (64638)