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Bensonocythere blackwelderi

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Hemicytheridae

Taxonomy
Bensonocythere blackwelderi was named by Hazel (1983). It is not extant. Its type specimen is USNM 167398.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Bensonocythere blackwelderi Hazel p. 113 figs. Plate 35, Figs. 1, 2, 4; Plate 37, Fig.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
Life
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
superfamilyCytheraceaBaird 1850
familyHemicytheridae(Puri 1953)
subfamilyCampylocytherinaePuri 1960
tribeLeguminocythereidiniHowe 1961
genusBensonocythereHazel 1967
speciesblackwelderi

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: Zanclean or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Bensonocythere blackwelderi (52582)