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Agrenocythere

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Taxonomy
Agrenocythere was named by Benson (1972) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 929]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Trachyleberididae by Bergue and Govindan (2010), Yamaguchi et al. (2016).

Species
A. gosnoldia, A. hazelae
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. gosnolodia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Agrenocythere Benson
2002Agrenocythere Sepkoski
2010Agrenocythere Bergue and Govindan
2016Agrenocythere Yamaguchi et al. p. 412 figs. Table 3

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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
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyTrachyleberididaeSylvester-Bradley 1948
genusAgrenocythereBenson 1972

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. Agrenocythere Benson 1972
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Agrenocythere hazelae van den Bold 1946
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 Ypresian to the top of the Zanclean or 56.00000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) A. bowerbankiana (8025)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03North Atlantic A. gosnolodia (201903)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Indian Ocean A. sp. (201924)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Antarctica A. hazelae (202754)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Antarctica A. hazelae (202756)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6North Atlantic A. hazelae (201874 201875 201900)