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Virgatocypris

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cyprididae

Taxonomy
Virgatocypris was named by Malz and Moayedpour (1973) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno-l T Eo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 74,1073].

It was assigned to Cypridinae by Dias-Brito et al. (2001); and to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Virgatocypris Malz and Moayedpour
2001Virgatocypris Dias-Brito et al. p. 273
2002Virgatocypris 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
suborderCypridocopinaJones 1901
superfamilyCypridoidea(Baird 1845)
familyCyprididaeBaird 1845
subfamilyCypridinaeBaird 1845
genusVirgatocyprisMalz and Moayedpour 1973

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. †Virgatocypris Malz and Moayedpour 1973
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Virgatocypris mezzalirai Dias-Brito et al. 2001
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: freshwatersuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 09:59:44
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:59:44
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Brazil (Minas Gerais) V. mezzalirai (83300 83301)