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Eucytheridae

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Eucytheridae

Taxonomy
Eucytheridae was named by Puri (1954). It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Eucytherinae by Ayress (1995), Ballent (1998), Ceolin et al. (2024).

It was assigned to Cytheracea by Blaszyk (1987); to Cytherideoidea by Liebau (2005); to Cytheroidea by Yamaguchi et al. (2016); and to Cytherideidae by Ayress (1995), Ballent (1998), Ceolin et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Eucytheridae Puri
1987Eucytheridae Blaszyk p. 67
1995Eucytherinae Ayress p. 904
1998Eucytherinae Ballent p. 360
2005Eucytheridae Liebau
2016Eucytheridae Yamaguchi et al. p. 412 figs. Table 3
2024Eucytherinae Ceolin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
superfamilyCytherideoideaLeibau 2005
familyEucytheridaePuri 1954
familyEucytheridaePuri 1954

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. Eucytheridae Puri 1954
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G. Eucythere Brady 1868
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Subg. Eucythere (Rotundracythere) Mandelstam 1958
†Eucythere byramensis Howe and Law 1936
†Eucythere dinetos Ceolin et al. 2015
†Eucythere lowei Howe 1936
†Eucythere midwayensis Alexander 1934
†Eucythere sulcocostatula Ayress 1995
G. †Pseudeucythere Hartman 1989
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†Pseudeucythere biplana Ayress 1995
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: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-05 02:00:00
Modified: 2010-02-23 23:16:56
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Julian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 237.00000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 233.6 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Türkiye Eucythere sp. (197740)
Early/Lower Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) Eorotundracythere sp. (234986)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Eucythere dinetos (231295)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) Eucythere dinetos (231994 231995)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Neuquén) Eucythere dinetos (231999 232002 232003 232004)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24USA (Texas) Eucythere midwayensis (191450)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Trinidad and Tobago Eucythere sp. (94013)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Missouri) Eucythere midwayensis (232025)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03North Atlantic Eucythere sp. (201903)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) Eucythere gravepuncta, Eucythere parapubera, Eucythere subovalis, Eucythere sp., Pseudeucythere biplane, Eucythere sulcocostatula (161903)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Antarctica Eucythere polonezensis (94115)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98South Africa (North Cape) Eucythere sp. (37487)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy (Sardinia) Eucythere curta (93939)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6New Zealand Eucythere mytila (73307)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Eucythere declivus, Eucythere gibba, Eucythere triangulata, Eucythere f (52582)