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Bythocythere

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bythocytheridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Bythocythere Bertels p. 278
1971Bythocythere Hazel and Holden p. 4
1973Bythocythere Bertels
2002Bythocythere Sepkoski
2016Bythocythere Yamaguchi et al. p. 413 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)
familyBythocytheridaeSars 1928
genusBythocythere

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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†Bythocythere costata Bertels 1973
†Bythocythere incurvata Bertels 1973
†Bythocythere punctatula Bertels 1973
†Bythocythere rocana Bertels 1973
†Bythocythere triebeli 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: base of the Danian to the top of the Zanclean or 66.00000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Argentina (Rio Negro) Bythoceratina rocana, B. costata (236521)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Neuquén) Bythoceratina rocana (232005) Bythoceratina rocana, B. costata (232001) B. costata (232000 232004) B. triebeli (232032)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Río Negro) B. punctatula (220768)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Tonga B. sp. (43006)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) B. arenosa (166810)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) B. b (52582)