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Cytheromorpha

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Loxoconchidae

Taxonomy
Cytheromorpha was named by Hirschmann (1909) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bajo R Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Cytheromorphinae. It was considered unknown by Alexander (1934).

It was assigned to Cytheridae by Alexander (1934); to Cytheromorphinae by van den Bold (1965); to Loxoconchidae by Bertels (1975); to Cytherini by Hazel (1983); and to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Cytheromorpha Hirschmann
1934Cytheromorpha Alexander p. 215
1965Cytheromorpha van den Bold p. 392
1975Cytheromorpha Bertels p. 129
1983Cytheromorpha Hazel p. 99
2002Cytheromorpha Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyLoxoconchidaeSars 1865
genusCytheromorphaHirschmann 1909

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.

G. Cytheromorpha Hirschmann 1909
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†Cytheromorpha incisa Hazel 1983
†Cytheromorpha ouachitaensis Howe and Chambers 1935
†Cytheromorpha rosefieldensis Howe and Law 1936
†Cytheromorpha scrobiculata Alexander 1934
†Cytheromorpha vicksburgensis Howe and Law 1936
†Cytheromorpha warneri Howe and Spurgeon 1935
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 Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) C. scrobiculata (191248)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Trinidad and Tobago C. sp. (94015)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) C. montgomeryensis (191936)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) C. ouachitaensis (191923 191935)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Hungary C. zinndorfi (171632)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Alabama) C. calva (94153 94154 94155)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Puerto Rico C. vicksburgensis (94191)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mexico (Veracruz) C. sp. (94159 94163 94164 94167)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Germany (Rheinland Pfalz) C. sp. (37978)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Alabama) C. ouachitaensis (191978 191979)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (Louisiana) C. rosefieldensis (44521)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98India (Gujarat) C. sp. (93899)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Venezuela C. warneri (93919 93921 93922 93924 93926 93927 93928 93929 93932 93935)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Florida) C. warneri (94805)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) C. curta, C. i, C. incisa, C. macroincisa, C. suffolkensis, C. warneri (52582)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) C. warneri (41705)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New York) C. macchesneyi (73634)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Gujarat) C. sp., C. acupunctata (80599)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India C. sp. (76319)