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Cythereis (Pterygocythereis)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Cythereis (Pterygocythereis) Blake
1933Pterygocythereis Blake
1936Cythereis (Pterygocythereis) Howe and Law
1953Pterygocythereis Malkin
1983Pterygocythereis Hazel p. 99
2002Pterygocythereis Sepkoski
2012Pterygocythereis Carignano

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyTrachyleberididaeSylvester-Bradley 1948
subfamilyTrachyleberidinaeBradley 1948
genusCythereisJones 1849
subgenusPterygocythereisBlake 1933

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: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Selandian or 66.00000 to 59.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Texas) Cythereis lemnicata (191450)