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Afranticythereis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Taxonomy
Afranticythereis was named by Carbonnel and Johnson (1989) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than T Eo-m]. Its type is Anticythereis bopaensis.

It was assigned to Trachyleberidinae by Carbonnel and Johnson (1989); and to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Afranticythereis Carbonnel and Johnson p. 413
2002Afranticythereis Sepkoski

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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
subfamilyTrachyleberidinaeBradley 1948
genusAfranticythereis

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. †Afranticythereis Carbonnel and Johnson 1989
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†Afranticythereis attitogonensis Apostolescu 1961
†Afranticythereis bopaensis Apostolescu 1961
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: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Middle Eocene or 72.20000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Benin A. sp. (241242)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Benin A. bopaensis (241108) A. sp. (241250 241251)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Togo A. attitogonensis (241144) A. bopaensis (241091 241092 241093 241094 241128 241129 241130 241131 241140)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07Benin A. sp. (241253)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07Togo A. bopaensis (241165)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Benin A. bopaensis (241107)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Togo A. attitogonensis (241090 241153 241159) A. bopaensis (241162 241163 241168)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Togo A. attitogonensis (241146 241147)