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Paracypris
Taxonomy
Paracypris was named by Sars (1866) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Ladi R]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Cypridae by Alexander (1934); to Paracypridinae by Bertels (1968) and Bertels (1969); to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002); to Bairdiidae by Crasquin (2008); to Paracypridinae by Babinot and Colin (2011); and to Paracyprididae by Bertels (1973), Bertels (1975), Carreño and Cronin (1993), Carignano (2012), Forel (2014), Ceolin et al. (2015), Forel (2017), Forel (2017), Forel (2022) and Ceolin et al. (2024).
It was assigned to Cypridae by Alexander (1934); to Paracypridinae by Bertels (1968) and Bertels (1969); to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002); to Bairdiidae by Crasquin (2008); to Paracypridinae by Babinot and Colin (2011); and to Paracyprididae by Bertels (1973), Bertels (1975), Carreño and Cronin (1993), Carignano (2012), Forel (2014), Ceolin et al. (2015), Forel (2017), Forel (2017), Forel (2022) and Ceolin et al. (2024).
Species
P. aculeata, P. bertelsae, P. eniotmetos, P. franquesi, P. gaetanii, P. imaguncula, P. jaguelensis, P. jinyaensis, P. jonesi, P. krivipotokensis, P. levis, P. meridionalis, P. oanaella, P. perapiculata, P. polita, P. redcarensis (syn. P. procerus), P. rosefieldensis, P. scalaris, P. semidisca, P. tabulasaxensis, P. vietnamensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1866 | Paracypris Sars |
1934 | Paracypris Alexander |
1968 | Paracypris Bertels |
1969 | Paracypris Bertels |
1973 | Paracypris Bertels |
1975 | Paracypris Bertels p. 102 |
1993 | Paracypris Carreño and Cronin p. 152 |
2002 | Paracypris Sepkoski |
2008 | Paracypris Crasquin p. 249 |
2011 | Paracypris Babinot and Colin p. 753 |
2012 | Paracypris Carignano |
2014 | Paracypris Forel p. 9 |
2015 | Paracypris Ceolin et al. |
2017 | Paracypris Forel p. 43 |
2022 | Paracypris Forel |
2024 | Paracypris Ceolin et al. |
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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. Paracypris Sars 1866
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†Paracypris aculeata Guan 1985
†Paracypris bertelsae Ceolin et al. 2015
†Paracypris eniotmetos Nicolaidis and Piovesan 2013
†Paracypris franquesi Howe and Chambers 1935
†Paracypris gaetanii Crasquin-Soleau 2006
†Paracypris imaguncula Ceolin et al. 2015
†Paracypris jaguelensis Bertels 1975
†Paracypris jinyaensis Crasquin-Soleau 2006
†Paracypris jonesi Bonnema 1940
†Paracypris krivipotokensis Forel 2014
†Paracypris levis Kuznetsova 1961
†Paracypris meridionalis Lubimova and Mohan 1960
†Paracypris oanaella Forel 2017
†Paracypris perapiculata Alexander 1934
†Paracypris polita Sars 1866
†Paracypris rosefieldensis Howe and Law 1936
†Paracypris scalaris Wei 1981
†Paracypris semidisca Drexler 1958
†Paracypris tabulasaxensis Kristan-Tollmann 1991
†Paracypris vietnamensis Tanaka and Komatsu 2014
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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carapace height | 8 | 0.178 | 0.120 | 0.260 | 0.165 | 0.050 | |
shell height | 3 | 0.295 | 0.270 | 0.340 | 0.280 | 0.038 | |
valve height | 8 | 0.352 | 0.300 | 0.450 | 0.340 | 0.053 |
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References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004 |
Age range: base of the Changhsingian to the top of the Zanclean or 254.17000 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections (317 total)
Oldest occurrences | |||
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Changhsingian | China (Guizhou) | P. gaetanii (95649) P. sp. 1 (132518) P. sp. 2, P. sp. 3 (132519) P. sp. 4 (132517) | |
Changhsingian | Iran | P. gaetanii (125568 220254 220258) P. sp. 1 (220237) P. sp. 2 (220247 220249) | |
Induan | China (Sichuan) | P. sp. (45895 47904) | |
Griesbachian | China (Zhejiang) | P. gaetanii (116319) P. sp. 1 (116318) P. sp. 2 (116325) | |
Griesbachian | Iran | P. gaetanii (168933 168934 168935 168938 168950 220260 220267) | |
Griesbachian | China (Guangxi) | P. sp. 1, P. gaetanii (106639) | |
Griesbachian | Italy | P. gaetanii (87169) P. sp. 1 (87168) | |
Griesbachian | Turkey | P. gaetanii (169057 169067 169068 169071 169072 169076 169079 169086 169089 169090 169091 169093 169094) P. sp. 1 (169056) P. sp. 1, P. gaetanii (169092) | |
Griesbachian | China (Guizhou) | P. gaetanii (132525 132526 132527 132528 132529 132530 132531 132532 132533) P. sp. 5 (132536 132537) P. sp. 5, P. gaetanii (132534) | |
Smithian | Vietnam | P. sp. A, P. sp. B, P. sp. C, P. vietnamensis (155535) | |
Youngest occurrences |
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Time interval | Ma | Country or state | PBDB collection number |
Rupelian | Indian Ocean | P. sp. (201938 201940) | |
Oligocene | USA (Alabama) | P. franquesi (191978 191979) | |
Late/Upper Oligocene | Antigua and Barbuda | P. contracta (94184) P. rosefieldensis (94185) | |
Late/Upper Oligocene | Puerto Rico | P. rosefieldensis (94196 94197 94198) | |
Late/Upper Oligocene | USA (Louisiana) | P. rosefieldensis (44521) | |
Burdigalian | Italy (Sardinia) | P. sp. (93938 93942 93944) | |
Burdigalian | India (Gujarat) | P. sp. (93899) | |
Burdigalian - Langhian | Turkey | P. polita (206195 206196 206197 206230 206231) | |
Messinian | Morocco | P. sp. (34723) | |
Zanclean | USA (North Carolina) | P. b (52582) |