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Cativella

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Taxonomy
Cativella was named by Coryell and Fields (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 166,169]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Trachyleberididae by Benson et al. (1961); and to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
C. crassa, C. navis, C. pulleyi, C. semitranslucens

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Cativella Coryell and Fields
1961Cativella Benson et al. p. Q336
2002Cativella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyTrachyleberididaeSylvester-Bradley 1948
genusCativellaCoryell and Fields 1937

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.

G. Cativella Coryell and Fields 1937
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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 Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Trinidad and Tobago C. navis (93917) C. semitranslucens (93912 93913 93914 93915) C. semitranslucens, C. navis (93916)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Puerto Rico C. semitranslucens (94200 94203 94204)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Venezuela C. navis (93919 93921 93922 93923 93932 93933 93935) C. navis, C. crassa (93920 93931)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colón) C. navis (93909)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia (Atlántico) C. navis (93900 93901 93902 93903 93905 93906 93907 93908)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas del Toro) C. navis, C. pulleyi (91902)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama C. navis (91912)