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Cytherelloidea nanafaliensis

Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cytherellidae

Taxonomy
Cytherelloidea nanafaliensis was named by Howe (1934). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nanafalia Landing on the Tombigbee River, Alabama, which is in a Paleocene marginal marine horizon in the Nanafalia Formation of Alabama.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Cytherelloidea nanafaliensis Howe p. 30 figs. Plate 5, figure 10
1934Cytherelloidea nanafaliensis Howe and Garrett p. 26

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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
orderPlatycopidaSars 1866
suborderPlatycopinaSars 1866
superfamilyCytherelloideaSars 1886
familyCytherellidaeSars 1866
genusCytherelloideaAlexander 1929
speciesnanafaliensis

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: suspension feedero
Vision: blindo
Created: 2010-02-05 01:56:31
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:59:51
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: Paleocene or 66.00000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Cytherelloidea nanafaliensis (type locality: 191611 191697)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) Cytherelloidea nanafaliensis (191409)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Texas) Cytherelloidea nanafaliensis (191406)