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Candoninae

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Candonidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Candoninae Kaufmann
1972Candoninae Bertels
2001Candoninae Dias-Brito et al. p. 263
2011Candoninae Martens and Savatenalinton
2012Candoninae Carignano

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderCypridocopinaJones 1901
superfamilyCypridoidea(Baird 1845)
familyCandonidaeKaufmann 1900
subfamilyCandoninaeKaufmann 1900
subfamilyCandoninaeKaufmann 1900

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.

Subfm. †Candoninae Kaufmann 1900
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G. Candona Baird 1845
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†Candona bellula Yang 1982
Candona candida Müller 1776
†Candona elongata Goldenberg 1870
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Invalid names: Carbonia fabulina Fritsch 1901 [synonym]
†Candona huantraicoensis Bertels 1972
Candona neglecta Sars 1887
G. †Candoniella Schneider 1956
G. Candonopsis Vavra 1891
G. †Eucandona Daday 1900
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†Eucandona huantraicoensis Bertels 1972
Invalid names: Candonini Kaufmann 1900 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: freshwatersuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 09:59:44
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:59:44
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Westphalian C to the top of the Holocene or 314.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 309.8 Ma

Collections (61 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8Germany Candona elongata (122593)
Westphalian C - Westphalian D314.6 - 307.4Germany Candona elongata (123953)
Stephanian307.4 - 300.3Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Candona elongata (123810)
Stephanian307.4 - 300.3Germany Candona elongata (138157)
Stephanian307.4 - 300.3Germany (Saarland) Candona elongata (122600 138356)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7Germany (Saarland) Candona elongata (233077 233078)
Triassic251.902 - 201.4USA (North Carolina) Candona rogersii (151884)
Sinemurian - Aalenian199.5 - 170.9India (Andhra Pradesh) Candona sp. (91693)
Valanginian - Hauterivian137.05 - 125.77Brazil (Bahia) Candona candida (51911)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Argentina Candonopsis sp. (22710)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0China (Xinjiang) Candoniella sp. (97615)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alaska) Candonopsis sp. (51890)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Candona sp. (14502)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Brazil (Minas Gerais) Candonopsis sp. (83300)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) Candona huantraicoensis (66649)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Gujarat) Candona sinensis (72320)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Eucandona sp. (226125)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Romania Candona sp. (83307 138239)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Algeria Candona sp. (71984)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Nevada) Candona sp. (135745)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Candona forbseii (40268)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3USA (Montana) Candona sp. (211242 211243 211244)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Germany (Rheinland Pfalz) Candona fertilis (37967)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04Türkiye (Denizli) Candona sp. (111938)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Uganda Candonopsis africana (22440)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Slovakia Candona sp., Candoniella sp. (73365)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Türkiye (Yalova) Candona decimai, Candona compressaeformis, Candona burdurensis (184470)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece Candona sp. (138312)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Croatia Candona milinkae, Candona postsarmatica (68219) Candona milinkae, Candona postsarmatica, Candona sagittosa, Candona hodonensis, Candona pupini, Candona fossulata (68221) Candona sagittosa, Candona truncata, Candona pupini, Candona caudalis, Candona simetrica, Candona annae, Candona lineocypriformis, Candona fossulata, Candona robusta, Candona illyrica (68266)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Kansas) Candona lactea (18046)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan9.4 - 1.4USA (Indiana) Candona crogmaniana, Candona elliptica (18320)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Spain (Valencia) Candona neglecta (40758)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Georgia Candona suzini, Candona neglecta (45928)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Greece (Lesvos) Candona angulata, Candona neglecta (207301)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (California) Candona acutula (234637)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58India (Panjab) Candona sp. (51106)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy Candona angulata, Candona neglecta (176388)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Candona aculata, Candona rawsoni (234664)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117China (Yunnan) Candona sp., Candoniella albicans, Candoniella suzini, Candoniella mirabilis (36585 36586)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Portugal (Algarve) Candona neglecta (40985)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Candona nyensis, Candona truncata (20168)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Granada) Candona bitruncata (34985)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Michigan) Candona caudata, Candona rawsoni (70131) Candona paraohioensis (70130)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014Mexico (Sonora) Candona caudate (20495)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Candona candida, Candona neglecta (163070 163075)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Candona rawsoni, Candona candida (93556)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Nevada) Candona averta, Candona cerca (224638)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Candona lactea, Candona nyensis (93554)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) Candona candona, Candona caudate, Candona sp., Candona neglecta (174230) Candona caudate, Candona sp., Candona candida, Candona neglecta (174229)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic Candonopsis sp. (97552)