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Cytheralison

Ostracoda - Podocopida

Taxonomy
Cytheralison is a genus. It is extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Cytheralison Benson et al. p. Q345
2002Cytheralison 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
superfamilyCytheraceaBaird 1850
genusCytheralison

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: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 37.71000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) C. sp. (161903)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04New Zealand (North Otago) C. amiesi (134376)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6New Zealand C. fava (73307)