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Phalcocythere (Otarocythere)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Taxonomy
Phalcocythere (Otarocythere) was named by Al-Furajh (1980). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phalcocythere by Al-Furajh (1980), Blaszyk (1987).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Phalcocythere retispinata, Phalcocythere tokarskii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Phalcocythere (Otarocythere) Al-Furajh
1987Phalcocythere (Otarocythere) Blaszyk p. 68

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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
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyTrachyleberididaeSylvester-Bradley 1948
genusPhalcocythereSiddiqui 1971
subgenusOtarocythereAl-Furajh 1980

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.

Subg. †Phalcocythere (Otarocythere) Al-Furajh 1980
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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: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Oligocene or 33.90000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Antarctica Phalcocythere tokarskii (94114 94115 94116)