Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
LSID. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:DFD95985-BBB5-4DB0-BBDFEA6FAB45C205
Derivation of name. Gr. rhemaq, strong, mighty; plus jheqe, Cythereis. With reference to its extremely strong and ornate carapace.
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, Petalocythereis, Philoneptunus, Platycosta, Platycythereis, Protocosta, Pterygocythereidini, Quasibuntonia, Rehacythereis, Repandocosta, Trachyleberidea, Trachyleberidini, Trachyleberis, Veenia
Subtaxa: Sthenarocythereis arcana Sthenarocythereis erymnos
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (5)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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