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Hemicytheridae

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Hemicytheridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Hemicytherinae Puri
1960Hemicytherinae Bhatia and Mandwal p. 282
1971Hemicytheridae Hazel and Holden p. 2
1973Hemicytheridae Bertels
1975Hemicytheridae Bertels p. 112
1983Hemicytherinae Hazel p. 99
1987Hemicytheridae Blaszyk p. 70
1993Hemicytherinae Carreño and Cronin p. 146
1995Hemicytheridae Ayress p. 916
2005Hemicytheridae Liebau
2016Hemicytheridae Yamaguchi et al. p. 412 figs. Table 3

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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
superfamilyTrachyleberidoideaLiebau 2005
familyHemicytheridae(Puri 1953)
familyHemicytheridae(Puri 1953)

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. †Hemicytheridae Puri 1953
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G. †Ambostracon Hazel 1962
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†Ambostracon costatum Hazel 1962
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Aurila cicatricosa Reuss 1850
†Aurila soummamensis Cautella and Yassini 1974
Tr. †Aurilini Puri 1974
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G. †Malzella Hazel 1983
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†Malzella conradi Howe and Hadley 1935
†Malzella evexa Hazel 1983
Tr. Bradleyini Benson 1972
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†Hornibrookella arcana Lubimova and Guha 1960
Subfm. †Campylocytherinae Puri 1960
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†Anticythereis euglypha Bosquet 1854
Tr. †Campylocytherini Puri 1960
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G. Proteoconcha Howe 1961
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Tr. †Leguminocythereidini Howe 1961
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G. Bensonocythere Hazel 1967
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†Bensonocythere bradyi Hazel 1983
†Bensonocythere rugosa Hazel 1983
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†Hemicythere kniffeni Howe and Law 1936
†Hemicythere schmidtae Malkin 1953
G. Hermanites Puri 1955
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†Hermanites ascitus Hazel 1983
†Hermanites batequensis Carreño and Cronin 1993
†Hermanites regulosa Carbonnel and Johnson 1989
G. Muellerina Bassiouni 1965
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†Muellerina bassiounii Hazel 1983
†Muellerina blowi Hazel 1983
†Muellerina ohmerti Hazel 1983
†Muellerina wardi Hazel 1983
G. Neobuntonia Hartmann 1981
Subfm. Orioninae Puri 1973
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†Occultocythereis gioargaezi Carreño and Cronin 1993
Tr. †Orioninini Puri 1974
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G. Caudites Coryell and Fields 1937
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G. Patagonacythere Hartmann 1962
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†Patagonacythere parvitenuis Hornibrook 1953
Tr. †Pokornyellini Puri 1974
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G. †Pokornyella Oertil 1956
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†Pokornyella devians Bonaduce et al. 1986
†Pokornyella italica Ruggieri et al. 1977
G. Quadracythere Hornibrook 1952
G. †Reussicythere van den Bold 1966
G. Robustaurila Yajima 1982
Subfm. †Thaerocytherinae Hazel 1967
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†Jugosocythereis bermejoensis Carreño and Cronin 1993
†Jugosocythereis monrealensis Carreño and Cronin 1993
G. Poseidonamicus Benson 1972
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†Poseidonamicus major Benson 1972
Poseidonamicus miocenicus Benson and Peypouquet 1983
†Poseidonamicus norrisi Yamaguchi et al. 2017
Poseidonamicus panopsus Whatley and Dingle 1989
Poseidonamicus pseudorobustus Coles and Whatley 1989
Poseidonamicus riograndensis Benson and Peypouquet 1983
G. †Tongacythere Hazel and Holden 1971
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†Tongacythere kondoi Hazel and Holden 1971
Subfm. Urocythereidinae Hartmann and Puri 1974
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Invalid names: Coquimbini Ohmert 1968 [empty], Echinocythereidinae Hazel 1967 [empty], Oertliellinae Liebau 1975 [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: 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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Holocene or 113.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (179 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) Hermanites sp. (234986)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Saudi Arabia Hermanites sp. (184843)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands Anticythereis euglypha (32178 32179)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0South Atlantic Aurila sp. (210200)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands Anticythereis euglypha (165094)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Argentina (Neuquén) Occultocythereis sp. (232029)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Indian Ocean Muellerina abyssicola (201904)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Neuquén) Hermanites huantraicoensis (232031)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Trinidad and Tobago Hermanites collei (94013 94014 94021) Hermanites collei, Hermanites grimsdalei (94012 94018)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Missouri) Hermanites gibsoni (232027) Hermanites gibsoni, Hermanites hadropleura (232028) Hermanites midwayensis (232025) Hermanites plusculmensis (232057)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan (Sindh) Occultocythereis peristicia, Occultocythereis subspinellosa (94121) Quadracythere sp. 1, Hornibrookella arcana (94125)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03India Hermanites wadiai (145445)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Togo Hermanites regulosa (241146 241147)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Mexico (Baja California Sur) Occultocythereis gioargaezi, Hermanites batequensis, Jugosocythereis bermejoensis (201740) Pokornyella sp., Jugosocythereis monrealensis (201739)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Hungary Pokornyella inaequapunctata (171632 171633)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (North Carolina) Triginglymus sp. (60452)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Bangladesh Hornibrookella arcana (209194) Occultocythereis sp. A, Hornibrookella arcana (209195 209199)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Triginglymus hyperochus (94040)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) Hemicythere munida, Hemicythere gravis, Hermanites briggsi, Patagonacythere tricostata, Patagonacythere waihaoensis, Patagonacythere parvitenuis (161903)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Absonocytheropteron watervalleyensis, Hermanites dohmi, Hermanites hysonensis, Triginglymus gnythophoreus (94153 94157) Absonocytheropteron watervalleyensis, Hermanites hysonensis, Triginglymus gnythophoreus (94156) Hermanites dohmi, Hermanites hysonensis, Triginglymus gnythophoreus (94155) Hermanites dohmi, Triginglymus gnythophoreus (94154)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Tonga Jugosocythereis sp., Nephokirkos sp., Pokornyella sp., Tongacythere kondoi (43006)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Libya Hermanites sp., Occultocythereis sp. (77237)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mexico (Veracruz) Hemicythere sp., Hermanites sp., Jugosocythereis vicksburgensis (94173) Jugosocythereis vicksburgensis (94166)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Puerto Rico Aurila socra, Jugosocythereis spinosa (94188 94190) Hemicythere gordoni, Jugosocythereis spinosa (94191) Jugosocythereis spinosa (94187 94189)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany Pokornyella limbata (95898)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Antarctica Quadracythere gazdzickii, Reussicythere piaseckii, Neobuntonia southshetlandensis (94115 94116) Reussicythere piaseckii (94114)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Italy (Calabria) Hermanites sp., Pokornyella amygdaliformis, Quadracythere sp. (9117) Hermanites sp., Pokornyella sp. (9116)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (North Carolina) Hermanites sp. (86499)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Antigua and Barbuda Aurila socra (94182 94186) Aurila socra, Hermanites paijenborchiana, Hermanites sp., Jugosocythereis vicksburgensis (94185) Aurila socra, Quadracythere sp. (94177 94180) Hermanites paijenborchiana (94181) Jugosocythereis vicksburgensis (94183) Occultocythereis sp. (94179) Procythereis sp. (94184)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Puerto Rico Aurila amygdala, Caudites sp., Hemicythere gordoni, Hermanites tschoppi, Jugosocythereis vicksburgensis, Jugosocythereis spinosa, Procythereis laresensis, Quadracythere brachypygaia, Quadracythere sp. (94194) Aurila amygdala, Hermanites tschoppi, Jugosocythereis vicksburgensis, Jugosocythereis laresensis (94197) Aurila amygdala, Hermanites tschoppi, Jugosocythereis vicksburgensis, Jugosocythereis laresensis, Procythereis laresensis, Quadracythere brachypygaia, Quadracythere sp. (94196) Hemicythere gordoni, Hermanites tschoppi, Jugosocythereis vicksburgensis, Jugosocythereis laresensis, Occultocythereis sp., Procythereis laresensis, Quadracythere brachypygaia (94198) Hemicythere gordoni, Jugosocythereis vicksburgensis, Quadracythere brachypygaia (94192) Jugosocythereis spinosa, Procythereis laresensis, Quadracythere sp. (94193) Jugosocythereis vicksburgensis, Jugosocythereis laresensis, Procythereis laresensis (94195)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (Louisiana) Jugosocythereis sp. (44521)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45South Africa (North Cape) Ambostracon sp. (37451)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Puerto Rico Aurila galerita, Hermanites hutchisoni, Procythereis deformis, Quadracythere antillea (94200) Aurila galerita, Procythereis deformis (94202 94203) Aurila galerita, Procythereis deformis, Quadracythere antillea (94201) Jugosocythereis vicksburgensis, Procythereis deformis, Quadracythere antillea (94204) Procythereis deformis (94199)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Cuba (Sancti Spiritus) Caudites sp., Procythereis deformis, Aurila cicatricosa (31183)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98South Africa (North Cape) Ambostracon sp. (37487)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98India (Gujarat) Hermanites haidingeri, Aurilla cicatricosa (93899)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Aurila cauditoiles, Aurila vauclusi, Aurila ventroinflata (66288)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy (Sardinia) Aurila bullapunctata (93939) Aurila bullapunctata, Aurila spp. (93937 93940) Aurila cicatricosa (93936) Aurila convexa, Pokornyella deformis (93944) Aurila spp. (93938) Aurila spp., Aurila convexa, Aurila opaca (93945) Aurila spp., Aurila convexa, Pokornyella deformis (93943) Pokornyella deformis (93942)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Türkiye Aurila soummamensis (206197 206230 206231)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82South Africa (North Cape) Ambostracon sp., Hermanites sp. (37494)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Croatia Aurila kollmanni, Aurila notata (68213)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Poland Hermanites haidingeri, Quadracythere sp. (70539)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Poland Aurila cicatricosa (138841 138844 138845 138846 138850 138851 138853 138855 138857 138858 138859 138860) Aurila larieyensis, Aurila cicatricosa (138852) Aurila larieyensis, Occultocythereis bituberculata, Aurila cicatricosa (138847) Occultocythereis bituberculata, Aurila cicatricosa (138842 138848 138849) Pokornyella deformis, Aurila cicatricosa (138843)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Austria Hemicytheria emphalodes, Hemicytheria omphalodes, Mutilus notata (73299)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colón) Caudites medialis (93909)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Belgium (Antwerpen) Hermanites excancellata, Muellerina latimarginata (48092)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece Aurila albicans (138424) Aurila albicans, Aurila cicatricosa (138337 138429 138576 138578 138580 138581) Aurila albicans, Aurila longa, Aurila cicatricosa (138331 138579) Aurila albicans, Aurila longa, Aurila convexa, Aurila sp. B, Aurila cicatricosa (138336) Aurila albicans, Aurila longa, Aurila punctata, Aurila cicatricosa (138425) Aurila albicans, Aurila longa, Aurila punctata, Aurila sp. B, Aurila sp. 1, Aurila sp. 2, Aurila cicatricosa (138584) Aurila albicans, Aurila longa, Aurila punctata, Caudites calceolatus, Aurila cicatricosa (138312) Aurila albicans, Aurila sp. B, Aurila cicatricosa (138582) Aurila albicans, Pokornyella devians, Aurila cicatricosa (138428) Aurila albicans, Pokornyella italica (138431) Aurila albicans, Pokornyella italica, Aurila cicatricosa (138335) Aurila cicatricosa (138575) Aurila freudenthali, Aurila sp. 3, Aurila cicatricosa (138333) Aurila longa, Aurila cicatricosa (138443 138583) Aurila longa, Pokornyella italica, Aurila cicatricosa (138332) Caudites calceolatus, Pokornyella italica, Aurila cicatricosa (138334)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia (Atlántico) Caudites medialis (93908) Caudites medialis, Mutilus confragosus (93901 93904) Caudites nipeensis (93907) Caudites nipeensis, Caudites medialis, Mutilus confragosus (93900 93905 93906) Mutilus confragosus (93902 93903)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Croatia Hemicytheria brunnensis (68221) Hemicytheria brunnensis, Hemicytheria croatica, Hemicytheria major (68266)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Hemicythere conradi (191407)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Florida) Hemicythere sp. (94805)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Puerto Rico Procythereis deformis, Quadracythere antillea (94205) Quadracythere antillea (94206)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Mutilus sp. (34723 34724)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Aurila sp., Pokornyella sp. (69899)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Campania) Aurila sp. (78633)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Mutilus sp., Urocythereis sp. (70879)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6North Atlantic Poseidonamicus major (201875) Poseidonamicus multipunctata, Poseidonamicus major (201900) Poseidonamicus sp., Poseidonamicus major (201874)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6New Zealand Hemicythere foveolata, Quadracythere biruga, Quadracythere sp. (73307)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) Aurila convexa, Aurila sp., Urocythereis sp. (122994)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Aurila laevicula, Bensonocythere calverti, Bensonocythere trapezoidalis, Bensonocythere whitei, Bensonocythere m, Bensonocythere oo, Bensonocythere pp, Bensonocythere qq, Bensonocythere rr, Muellerina petersburgensis, Muellerina p, Proteoconcha gigantica, Proteoconcha mimica, Proteoconcha multipunctata, Proteoconcha tuberculata, Proteoconcha z, Malzella evexa, Caudites paraasymmetricus, Muellerina ohmerti, Muellerina bassiounii, Muellerina wardi, Muellerina blowi, Hermanites ascitus, Proteoconcha jamesensis, Bensonocythere bradyi, Bensonocythere blackwelderi, Bensonocythere gouldensis, Bensonocythere ricespitensis, Bensonocythere rugosa, Malzella conradi (52582)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Italy (Umbria) Aurila convexa (200419)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Aurila conradi (41501)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy Aurila convexa, Aurila cruciata (176387) Aurila convexa, Aurila cruciata, Urocythereis sororcula, Urocythereis margaritifera (176385)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Caudites nipeensis (91912)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Aurila conradi (41705)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy (Umbria) Aurila convexa (149603)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Ambostracon costatum, Urocythereis californica (217054)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Gujarat) Caudites sp. (80599)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Aurila convexa (56803) Aurila sp. (56806)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India Caudites sp. (76319)