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Cytherellidae

Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cytherellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Cytherellidae Sars
1936Cytherellidae Howe and Law p. 67
1958Cytherellidae Marianos and Valentine p. 365
1961Cytherellidae Benson et al. p. 382
1968Cytherellidae Bertels
1971Cytherellidae Hazel and Holden p. 9
1973Cytherellidae Bertels
1974Cytherellidae Bertels
1975Cytherellidae Bertels p. 101
1993Cytherellidae Carreño and Cronin p. 142
2005Cytherellidae Liebau p. 120
2010Cytherellidae Bergue and Govindan
2011Cytherellidae Babinot and Colin p. 739
2022Cytherellidae Forel p. 345

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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
orderPlatycopidaSars 1866
suborderPlatycopinaSars 1866
superfamilyCytherelloideaSars 1886
familyCytherellidaeSars 1866
familyCytherellidaeSars 1866

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.

Fm. Cytherellidae Sars 1866
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Subfm. †Cavellininae Egorov 1950
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G. †Birdsallella Coryell and Booth 1933
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†Birdsallella devonica Coryell and Malkin 1936
†Birdsallella nitida Chen 1987
†Birdsallella tumida Stewart 1936
G. Cytherella Jones 1849
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†Cytherella araucana Bertels 1974
†Cytherella besrineensis Antonietto et al. 2016
†Cytherella bispinulatus Stewart 1927
†Cytherella bullata Alexander 1932
†Cytherella concentrica Field 1966
†Cytherella excavata Alexander 1934
†Cytherella gambiensis Apostolescu 1963
†Cytherella hannai Howe and Law 1936
†Cytherella hiwanneensis Howe and Law 1936
†Cytherella marlboroensis Ulrich 1901
†Cytherella nuciformis Jones 1850
†Cytherella ovata Roemer 1841
†Cytherella persensis Crasquin-Soleau and Teherani 1995
†Cytherella protuberantis Lubimova and Guha 1960
†Cytherella saraballentae Ceolin et al. 2015
†Cytherella sarakundaensis Apostolescu 1963
†Cytherella semicatillus Ceolin et al. 2015
†Cytherella submarginata Ulrich 1901
†Cytherella sylverinica Howe and Law 1936
†Cytherella toarcensis Bizon 1960
†Cytherella tuberculifera Alexander 1929
†Cytherella tumidosa Alexander 1934
†Cytherella turgidula Alexander 1934
†Cytherella utilis Bertels 1968
Cytherella vulgata Ruggieri 1962
G. Cytherelloidea Alexander 1929
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†Cytherelloidea ghabounensis Bischoff 1964
†Cytherelloidea jessupensis Howe and Garrett 1934
†Cytherelloidea patagonica Bertels 1968
†Cytherelloidea pulchella Apostolescu 1959
G. †Issacharella Sohn 1968
G. †Leviella
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†Leviella riedeli Forel 2022
†Leviella sohni Kozur 1974
†Leviella unicostata Bolz 1970
G. †Platella Coryell and Fields 1937
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†Platella drexlerae Field 1967
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Invalid names: Cytherelloidea inflata Drexler 1958 [replaced]
†Platella ewekoroensis Reyment 1965
G. †Pyricythereis Howe and Law 1936
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†Cythereis israelskyi morsey Howe and Chambers 1935
†Pyricythereis huneri Howe and Law 1936
†Pyricythereis israelskyi Howe and Law 1936
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†Cythereis israelskyi warneri Howe and Chambers 1935
Invalid names: Cytherellinae Sars 1865 [empty]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rocklandian to the top of the Holocene or 457.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 449.6 Ma

Collections (643 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Cytherella sp. (219965)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (Alaska) Cytherella sp. (111901)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Michigan) Birdsallella devonica, Birdsallella tumida (38475) Birdsallella tumida (38476)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) Birdsallella catena, Birdsallella devonica (94047 94048 94049) Birdsallella devonica (94041 94042)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Ohio) Birdsallella devonica, Birdsallella tumida (81857 206972 206973 206974)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Türkiye Cytherellidae indet. (200387)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Kentucky) Cytherella sp. (2711)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Oman Birdsallella spp. (49859)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom (England) Cythere nuciformis (87337)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Zhejiang) Birdsallella nitida (117656 117665) Birdsallella sp. (117653) Birdsallella sp., Birdsallella nitida (117642 117673)
Induan251.902 - 249.9China (Sichuan) Cytherella sp. (45895)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Iran Cytherella persensis (156787)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Leviella brevicostata, Leviella dichotoma, Leviella raibliana (61747) Leviella raibliana, Leviella rudis (61748)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Türkiye Cytherella sp. (197740)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Israel Leviella bentori (41687 41689 41691) Leviella bentori, Issacharella blakei, Issacharella sp. (41683)
Julian - Tuvalian237.0 - 227.3Italy Leviella raibliana, Leviella rudis (61749)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Canada (Yukon) Cytherella sp. 1, Cytherella sp. 2, Leviella unicostata (225006) Cytherella sp. 1, Leviella unicostata (225008) Cytherella sp. 2, Leviella unicostata (225007 225014) Issacharella sp. (225000) Leviella brevicostata, Leviella sp. 2, Leviella riedeli (225001) Leviella sp. 1, Cytherella sp. 1, Cytherella sp. 2, Leviella unicostata (225005) Leviella sp. 1, Cytherella sp. 1, Leviella unicostata (225004) Leviella sp. 3, Leviella sohni (225002) Leviella sp. 4, Issacharella sp. (225009)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Indian Ocean Cytherelloidea unicostata (99843)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Austria Cytherella acuta (132253 132254 132258 132259 132260 132261 132262 132263 132264) Leviella circumscripta (132279) Leviella circumscripta, Cytherella acuta (132255 132257) Leviella valida, Cytherella acuta (132256)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Iran Cytherella levisulcata, Cytherella acuta, Cytherelloidea valida (41330)