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Macrocyprididae

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Macrocyprididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Macrocyprididae Muller
1971Macrocyprididae Hazel and Holden p. 6
1993Macrocyprididae Yi p. 574
1998Macrocyprididae Ballent p. 357
2005Macrocyprididae Liebau p. 120

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderCypridocopinaJones 1901
superfamilyMacrocypridoideaMüller 1912
familyMacrocyprididaeMuller 1912
familyMacrocyprididaeMuller 1912

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. †Macrocyprididae Muller 1912
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†Macrocypris deducta Zalanyi 1974
†Macrocypris dimorpha Hazel and Holden 1971
†Macrocypris menardensis Harlton 1929
Invalid names: Macrocypridinae Muller 1912 [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: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Givetian to the top of the Zanclean or 387.70000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 382.7 Ma

Collections (94 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7France Macrocypris sp. G (38681 38683 38684)
Chadian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) Macrocypris sp. (2187)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Ukraine Macrocypris menardensis (216039)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Macrocypris menardensis (132992)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Macrocypris garrisonensis (95377 132990 133163)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Nebraska) Macrocypris sp. (94391)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Kansas) Macrocypris garrisonensis (110320)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Kansas) Macrocypris garrisonensis (88235 93781)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Fujian) Macrocypris datianensis (95706 95707)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Jiangsu) Macrocypris sp. (142167 142181 142188)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8China (Hubei) Macrocypris sp. (145988)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Turkey Macrocypris deducta (47969) Macrocypris panxianensis, Macrocypris deducta (48000)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Zhejiang) Macrocypris menardensis (117588 117590 117592 117595 117596 117597 117601 117667 117668)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) Macrocypris posterobtusa, Macrocypris panxianensis (98029)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Italy Macrocypris sp. (87157)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Turkey Macrocypris sp.A (48016)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guizhou) Macrocypris posterobtusa, Macrocypris panxianensis (112112)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Xizang) Macrocypris sp. 1 (106663) Macrocypris sp. 2 (106667)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Turkey Praemacrocypris sp. (98003)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Turkey Macrocypris sp. (197739) Praemacrocypris sp., Pseudomacrocypris sp. (197740)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Canada (Yukon) Praemacrocypris sp. 1, Praemacrocypris sp. 2 (225001) Praemacrocypris sp. 2, Pseudomacrocypris sp. 2 (225010) Pseudomacrocypris sp .2 (225008) Pseudomacrocypris sp. 1 (225013) Pseudomacrocypris sp. 1, Pseudomacrocypris sp. 2 (225004) Pseudomacrocypris sp. 3 (225012)
Raricostatum196.5 - 189.6Germany Pseudomacrocypris subtriangularis (139813)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7France Pseudomacrocypris subtriangularis (199718)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Germany Pseudomacrocypris subtriangularis (33515)
Davoei189.6 - 183.0Germany Pseudomacrocypris subtriangularis (139822)
Davoei189.6 - 183.0France Pseudomacrocypris subtriangularis (33627)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Germany Pseudomacrocypris subtriangularis (139819)
Ibex189.6 - 183.0Portugal Pseudomacrocypris subtriangularis (33459 33460)
Jamesoni189.6 - 183.0Portugal Pseudomacrocypris subtriangularis (33456 33457)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0France Pseudomacrocypris subtriangularis (33634)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Portugal Pseudomacrocypris sp. A (33485)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Spain Pseudomacrocypris subtriangularis (119583 119585 119588 119590)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Portugal Pseudomacrocypris sp. A (33476 33477)
Tenuicostatum183.0 - 182.0Portugal Pseudomacrocypris sp. A (33474)
Bifrons182.0 - 175.6Portugal Pseudomacrocypris sp. A (33478 33479 33482)
Bifrons182.0 - 175.6Spain Pseudomacrocypris subaequalis (119593)
Variabilis182.0 - 175.6Portugal Pseudomacrocypris sp. A (33483)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Russian Federation (Karachay-Cherkessia) Pseudomacrocypris subtriangularis (198695)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Macrocypris aequabilis (61723)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Ukraine Macrocypris sp. B, Macrocypris sp. (162310)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Portugal Macrocypris sp. (73564)
Danian66.0 - 61.6North Atlantic Macrocypris sp. 1 (201901)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3North Atlantic Macrocypris sp. 3, Macrocypris sp. 2 (201903)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Indian Ocean Macrocypris sp. (201917 201920)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Tonga Macrocypris sp., Macrocypris dimorpha (43006)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda Macrocypris sp. (94181 94185)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Puerto Rico Macrocypris sp. (94193 94194 94195 94196)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44South Africa (North Cape) Macrocypris sp. (37451)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Trinidad and Tobago Macrocypris decora (93916 93917)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Puerto Rico Macrocypris decora (94203 94204)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97South Africa (North Cape) Macrocypris sp. (37487)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Macrocypris decora (166365)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colón) Macrocypris dreikanter (93909)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Macrocypris decora (166810)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Macrocypris decora (166744)