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Lymnocytheridae

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Lymnocytheridae

Taxonomy
Lymnocytheridae was named by Klie (1938). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cytheracea by Uliana and Musacchio (1978).

Subtaxa
Gomphocythere

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Lymnocytheridae Klie
1978Lymnocytheridae Uliana and Musacchio p. 123

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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
familyLymnocytheridaeKlie 1938
familyLymnocytheridaeKlie 1938

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. Lymnocytheridae Klie 1938
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G. Gomphocythere Sars 1924
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†Gomphocythere paucisulcatus Whatley et al. 2002
†Gomphocythere payunensis Uliana and Musacchio 1978
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 72.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Gomphocythere paucisulcatus (222692)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Uganda Gomphocythere obtusata (22440)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Kenya Gomphocythere angulata (21511)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) Gomphocythere expansa (110489)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya Gomphocythere angulata (21418 21426)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Kenya (Nak-Elment.Basin) Gomphocythere obtusata (22503)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Gomphocythere angulata (21368)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Gomphocythere angulata (21437)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya (Nak-Elment.Basin) Gomphocythere obtusata (22502 22504)