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Hemicytherura

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheruridae

Taxonomy
Hemicytherura was named by Elofson (1941) [Sepkoski's age data: K Vala R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Cytherurinae by Bertels (1969); to Cytheruridae by Bertels (1975) and Blaszyk (1987); and to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
H. defiorei, H. ranquelensis, H. rionegrensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
H. arctowskii, H. petheri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Hemicytherura Elofson
1969Hemicytherura Bertels p. 276
1975Hemicytherura Bertels p. 128
1987Hemicytherura Blaszyk p. 73
2002Hemicytherura Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—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
genusHemicytheruraElofson 1941

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. Hemicytherura Elofson 1941
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†Hemicytherura defiorei Ruggieri 1953
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 Maastrichtian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 70.60000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) H. rionegroensis (231295)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Antarctica H. arctowskii (94114 94115 94116)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44South Africa (North Cape) H. petheri (37451)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Trinidad and Tobago H. videns (93917)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland H. sp. (70539)
Middle Miocene - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Peru H. sp. (176144)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Poland H. defiorei (138842 138851 138858) H. videns (138845 138855 138861) H. videns, H. defiorei (138841 138843 138844 138846 138847 138848 138849 138850 138852)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece H. defiorei (138332 138333 138334 138336 138424 138429 138431 138443 138576 138578 138579 138580 138584)