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Glyptopleura

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae

Taxonomy
Glyptopleura was named by Girty (1910) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour-l P Leon-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2,74,773]. It is the type genus of Glyptopleuridae.

It was assigned to Glyptopleuridae by Girty (1910); to Amphissitidae by Hoare and Mapes (2000); and to Palaeocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Glyptopleura Girty p. 236
2000Glyptopleura Hoare and Mapes p. 10
2002Glyptopleura Sepkoski

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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
orderPalaeocopidaHenningsmoen 1953
suborderBeyrichicopinaScott 1961
superfamilyKirkbyoidea(Ulrich and Bassler 1906)
familyAmphissitidae(Knight 1928)
genusGlyptopleura

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.

G. †Glyptopleura Girty 1910
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†Glyptopleura angulata Girty 1910
†Glyptopleura coryelli Harlton 1931
†Glyptopleura inopinata Girty 1910
†Glyptopleura mugiensis Tanaka and Yuan 2012
†Glyptopleura triserta Harris and Lalicker 1932
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
carapace height20.5030.4840.5230.5040.028
valve height10.330----

Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-06 00:42:06
Modified: 2010-02-23 22:46:12
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Alvarez et al. 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Osagean to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 352.00000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Osagean352.0 - 343.0USA (Illinois) G. costata (162328)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Arkansas) G. inopinata, G. angulata (76118)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Kentucky) G. parvacostata, G. perbella (2711)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5Canada (Alberta) G. elegantis (62396) G. sp. (62386 62388)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (California) G. sp. (226242)
Chesterian - Alportian335.5 - 321.8USA (Wyoming) G. multicostata (5689 5710)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Oklahoma) G. warthini, G. geisi, G. scotti (5611)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) G. costata (214572)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Kansas) G. triserta (93781)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Japan G. mugiensis (131084)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Guatemala G. coryelli (155568 155572)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Lithuania G. sp. (46414)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0USA (Colorado) G. sp. (53021)