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Aphelocythere

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Progonocytheridae

Taxonomy
Aphelocythere is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Protocytherinae by Benson et al. (1961); and to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
A. kuhni, A. ramosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Aphelocythere Benson et al. p. Q328
2002Aphelocythere 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
superfamilyCytherideoideaLeibau 2005
familyProgonocytheridaeSylvester-Bradley 1948
subfamilyProtocytherinaeLyubimova
genusAphelocythere

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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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: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: base of the Tenuicostatum to the top of the Early/Lower Aalenian or 184.20000 to 170.90000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tenuicostatum184.2 - 182.9Spain A. kuhni (119568)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.4 - 174.7Germany A. kuhni (59451 59455) A. kuhni, A. ramosa (59456) A. ramosa (59449 59450) A. ramosa, A. kuhni (59454)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Germany A. kuhni (59459 59461 59462 59466 59469 59470 59472 59473 59477 59478 59479 59494 59497 59498) A. ramosa, A. kuhni (59457 59458 59464 59467 59471 59474 59493 59495 59496)