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Aurila

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Hemicytheridae

Taxonomy
Aurila is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Hemicytherinae by Bhatia and Mandwal (1960); and to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
A. cicatricosa, A. soummamensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. convexa, A. cruciata, A. galerita, A. opaca, A. punctata, A. socra

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Aurilla Bhatia and Mandwal p. 282
2002Aurila Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
superfamilyTrachyleberidoideaLiebau 2005
familyHemicytheridae(Puri 1953)
genusAurila

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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Aurila cicatricosa Reuss 1850
†Aurila soummamensis Cautella and Yassini 1974
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 72.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (83 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Brazil A. sp. (210200)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Puerto Rico A. socra (94188 94190)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Antigua and Barbuda A. socra (94177 94180 94182 94185 94186)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Puerto Rico A. amygdala (94194 94196 94197)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Puerto Rico A. galerita (94200 94201 94202 94203)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Cuba (Sancti Spiritus) A. cicatricosa (31183)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France A. cauditoiles, A. vauclusi, A. ventroinflata (66288)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98India (Gujarat) Aurilla cicatricosa (93899)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy (Sardinia) A. bullapunctata (93939) A. bullapunctata, A. spp. (93937 93940) A. cicatricosa (93936) A. convexa (93944) A. spp. (93938) A. spp., A. convexa (93943) A. spp., A. convexa, A. opaca (93945)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Türkiye A. soummamensis (206197 206230 206231)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Croatia A. kollmanni, A. notata (68213)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Poland A. cicatricosa (138841 138842 138843 138844 138845 138846 138848 138849 138850 138851 138853 138855 138857 138858 138859 138860) A. larieyensis, A. cicatricosa (138847 138852)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece A. albicans (138424 138431) A. albicans, A. cicatricosa (138335 138337 138428 138429 138576 138578 138580 138581) A. albicans, A. longa, A. cicatricosa (138331 138579) A. albicans, A. longa, A. convexa, A. sp. B, A. cicatricosa (138336) A. albicans, A. longa, A. punctata, A. cicatricosa (138312 138425) A. albicans, A. longa, A. punctata, A. sp. B, A. sp. 1, A. sp. 2, A. cicatricosa (138584) A. albicans, A. sp. B, A. cicatricosa (138582) A. cicatricosa (138334 138575) A. freudenthali, A. sp. 3, A. cicatricosa (138333) A. longa, A. cicatricosa (138332 138443 138583)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy A. sp. (69899)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Campania) A. sp. (78633)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) A. convexa, A. sp. (122994)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) A. laevicula (52582)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Italy (Umbria) A. convexa (200419)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy A. convexa, A. cruciata (176385 176387)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) A. conradi (41501)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) A. conradi (41705)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy (Umbria) A. convexa (149603)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France A. convexa (56803) A. sp. (56806)