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Paracytherois

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Paradoxostomatidae

Taxonomy
Paracytherois is a genus. It is extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Paracytherois Benson et al. p. Q315
2002Paracytherois 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
superfamilyCytheraceaBaird 1850
familyParadoxostomatidaeBrady and Norman 1889
subfamilyParadoxostomatinaeBrady and Norman 1889
genusParacytherois

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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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 Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 37.20000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) P. gracilis (161903)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Poland P. nealei (138841 138842 138843 138844 138845 138846 138847 138848 138849 138850 138851 138852 138861 138870)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kazakhstan P. tenerum (174760 174956)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy P. sp. (49518)