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Cypridina gussevaae

Ostracoda - Myodocopida - Cypridinidae

Taxonomy
Cypridina gussevaae was named by Crasquin-Soleau (1998). Its type specimen is MGL 74347, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Episkopi, Sample 90-43, Hydra, which is in a Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Marmari Formation of Greece.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Cypridina gussevaae Crasquin-Soleau p. 147 figs. Pl 7, figs 3,4

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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
subclassMyodocopaSars 1866
orderMyodocopidaSars 1866
suborderMyodocopinaSars 1866
superfamilyCypridinoideaBaird 1850
familyCypridinidaeBaird 1850
genusCypridinaMilne-Edwards 1840
speciesgussevaae

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.

Cypridina gussevaae Crasquin-Soleau 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height20.3690.3100.4400.3750.092

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonico
Diet: suspension feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2010-02-05 01:48:12
Modified: 2010-02-23 23:10:00
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 264.28000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Greece Cypridina gussevaae (type locality: 112062)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Greece Cypridina gussevaae (112066)