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Pseudobythocypris centralis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae

Taxonomy
Bythocypris centralis was named by Coryell and Billings (1932). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wayland Shale, near Cisco TX, Ostracoda, which is in a Pennsylvanian offshore shale in the Graham Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Pseudobythocypris centralis by Yuan and Crasquin-Soleau (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Bythocypris centralis Coryell and Billings
2007Pseudobythocypris centralis Yuan and Crasquin-Soleau p. 182 figs. Pl 4, figs 13-15

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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
suborderBairdiocopinaGrundel 1967
superfamilyBairdiocypridoidea(Shaver 1961)
familyBairdiocyprididaeShaver 1961
genusPseudobythocyprisShaver 1958
speciescentralis(Coryell and Billings 1932)

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.

†Pseudobythocypris centralis Coryell and Billings 1932
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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 Pennsylvanian to the top of the Changhsingian or 323.20000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Texas) Bythocypris centralis (210784)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guangxi) Pseudobythocypris centralis (97089 97090 97092 97095 97097 97098 97103 97104 97107 97109 97110)