Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
LSID. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:A17F47E8-9870-49E4-AC2CE7C759A3694D
Derivation of name. Gr. pesak petalos, of leaves; plus jheqe cythereis, a common ending used for cytheroid Ostracoda. With reference to the petaloid outline of the reticular cells in this genus.
Full reference: D. Ceolin, R. Whatley, G. Fauth and A. Concheyro. 2015. New genera and species of Ostracoda from the Maastrichtian and Danian of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Papers in Palaeontology 1(4): 425-495
Parent taxon: Trachyleberidinae according to D. Ceolin et al. 2015
See also Ceolin et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Afranticythereis, Aleisocythereis, Antibythocypris, Apatoleberis, Asperrissimocythere, Asymmetricythere, Basslerites, Benina, Castillocythereis, Costa, Curfsina, Cythereis, Falsobuntonia, Fissocythere, Glenocythere, Henryhowella, Hysterocythereis, Jubatocythere, Kamajcythereis, Kingmaina, Oertliella, Orthrocosta, Paracaudites, Paraplatycosta, Philoneptunus, Platycosta, Platycythereis, Protocosta, Pterygocythereidini, Quasibuntonia, Rehacythereis, Repandocosta, Sthenarocythereis, Trachyleberidea, Trachyleberidini, Trachyleberis, Veenia, Woodeltia
Subtaxa: Petalocythereis schilleri Petalocythereis venusta
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Argentina (9 collections)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (3)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (6)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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