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Thaumatocyprididae

Ostracoda - Halocyprida - Thaumatocyprididae

Taxonomy
Thaumatocyprididae was named by Muller (1906). It is extant. Its type is Thaumatocypris.

It was assigned to Thaumatocypridacea by Benson et al. (1961), Sohn and Kornicker (1998); and to Thaumatocypridoidea by Liebau (2005), Sebe et al. (2013), Forel (2017).

Subtaxa
Thaumatocypris (type genus), Thaumatomma

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Thaumatocyprididae Muller
1961Thaumatocyprididae Benson et al. p. Q397
1998Thaumatocyprididae Sohn and Kornicker p. 7
2005Thaumatocyprididae Liebau p. 121
2013Thaumatocyprididae Sebe et al. p. 515
2017Thaumatocyprididae Forel p. 230

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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
orderHalocypridaDana 1853
suborderHalocypridinaDana 1853
superfamilyThaumatocypridoidea(Muller 1906)
familyThaumatocyprididaeMuller 1906
familyThaumatocyprididaeMuller 1906

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. Thaumatocyprididae Muller 1906
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G. †Thaumatomma Kornicker and Sohn 1976
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†Thaumatomma doescheri Sohn and Kornicker 1998
†Thaumatomma elongata Sohn and Kornicker 1998
†Thaumatomma granti Sohn and Kornicker 1998
†Thaumatomma kozuri Sohn and Kornicker 1998
†Thaumatomma newelli Sohn and Kornicker 1998
†Thaumatomma permiana Sohn and Kornicker 1998
†Thaumatomma piscifrons Kornicker and Sohn 1976
†Thaumatomma procax Sohn and Kornicker 1998
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-04 06:54:01
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:59:32
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Thouarsense or 259.51000 to 174.70000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 254.14 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Greece Thaumatomma piscifrons (109350) Thaumatomma sp., Thaumatomma granti, Thaumatomma elongata (42461) Thaumatomma sp., Thaumatomma granti, Thaumatomma kozuri, Thaumatomma doescheri, Thaumatomma permiana, Thaumatomma newelli, Thaumatomma elongata, Thaumatomma piscifrons, Thaumatomma procax (42460)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Greece Thaumatomma sp., Thaumatomma granti (42463)
Aegean246.7 - 244.99Romania Thaumatomma piscifrons (154992)
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24Romania Thaumatocyprididae indet. (197722)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7United Kingdom (Somerset) Thaumatocypris sp. (33345)
Thouarsense180.4 - 174.7United Kingdom (Somerset) Thaumatocypris sp. (33350)