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Acanthocythereis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Acanthocythereis Bertels p. 106
1993Acanthocythereis Carreño and Cronin p. 143
2002Acanthocythereis Sepkoski
2016Acanthocythereis Yamaguchi et al. p. 414 figs. Table 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyTrachyleberididaeSylvester-Bradley 1948
genusAcanthocythereis

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.

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Acanthocythereis abundans Bertels 1969
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 Calabrian or 113.20000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) A. sp. (234986)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Japan (Hokkaido) A. sp. (94128)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Argentina (Neuquén) Cythereis abundans (232029)
Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Argentina (Rio Negro) A. abundans (236599 236601)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Tunisia (Kef) A. denticulata (93948)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Missouri) A. sp. (232027) A. washingtonensis (232025 232028)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece A. histrix (138333)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6North Atlantic A. sp. (201875)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy (Umbria) A. hystrix (200420)