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Cnestocythere

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheridae

Taxonomy
Cnestocythere is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data
C. lamellicosta, C. truncata
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Cnestocythere Benson et al. p. Q257
2002Cnestocythere 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)
familyCytheridaeBaird 1850
genusCnestocythere

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: marinec
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 Oligocene to the top of the Zanclean or 33.90000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Italy (Calabria) C. sp. (9117)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy (Sardinia) C. truncata (93937 93939 93943 93944 93945)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Poland C. sp. (70539)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Poland C. lamellicosta, C. truncata (138841 138842 138843 138844 138845 138846 138847 138848 138849 138850 138851 138852 138853 138854 138855)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece C. sp. (138333) C. truncata (138331 138332 138425 138443 138579 138581 138582 138583)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) C. sp. (52582)