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Metacytheropteron

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheruridae

Taxonomy
Metacytheropteron is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cytheruridae by Musacchio (1973), Crasquin-Soleau and Teherani (1995), Forel (2017).

Species
M. zagrosensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. berbericus, M. nannodes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Metacytheropteron Musacchio
1995Metacytheropteron Crasquin-Soleau and Teherani p. 29
2002Metacytheropteron Sepkoski
2017Metacytheropteron Forel

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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)
familyCytheruridaeMüller 1894
genusMetacytheropteron

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.

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†Metacytheropteron zagrosensis Crasquin-Soleau and Teherani 1995
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height30.2990.2800.3300.2900.026

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: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: base of the Julian to the top of the Late/Upper Cenomanian or 237.00000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Iran M. zagrosensis (156787)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Türkiye M. sp. (197739)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Iran M. nannodes (41330)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Algeria M. sp. (64365)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Tunisia M. berbericus (161127 161130)