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Pyricythereis

Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cytherellidae

Taxonomy
Pyricythereis was named by Howe and Law (1936) [author howe in Howe and law 1936].

It was assigned to Cytherellidae by Sutton and Williams (1939).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Pyricythereis Howe and Law p. 65
1939Pyricythereis Sutton and Williams p. 567

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—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
genusPyricythereis

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.

G. †Pyricythereis Howe and Law 1936
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†Cythereis israelskyi warneri Howe and Chambers 1935
†Pyricythereis huneri Howe and Law 1936
†Pyricythereis israelskyi Howe and Law 1936
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†Cythereis israelskyi morsey Howe and Chambers 1935
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: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Oligocene or 56.00000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07USA (Texas) P. alabamensis (94037) P. alabamensis, P. seminuda (94035)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Cythereis israelskyi (191936 191999 192002 192006)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Cythereis israelskyi (191908 191911 191912 191913 191914 191933 191934 191935)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) P. foveovalva, P. delicata, P. smithvillensis, P. subtriangularis (93888)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Alabama) Cythereis israelskyi (191978 191979)