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Cytheropteron

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheruridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Cytheropteron Sars
1904Cytheropteron Ulrich and Bassler p. 128
1934Cytheropteron Alexander
1969Cytheropteron Bertels p. 277
1971Cytheropteron Hazel and Holden p. 5
1973Cytheropteron Bertels
1975Cytheropteron Bertels p. 126
1987Cytheropteron Blaszyk p. 74
2002Cytheropteron Sepkoski
2015Cytheropteron Ceolin et al.
2016Cytheropteron Yamaguchi et al. p. 413 figs. Table 3
2017Cytheropteron Forel p. 39
2024Cytheropteron Ceolin et al.

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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)
familyCytheruridaeMüller 1894
subfamilyCytherurinaeMüller 1894
genusCytheropteronSars 1866

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. Cytheropteron Sars 1866
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Subg. Cytheropteron (Eocytheropteron) Alexander 1933
†Cytheropteron bidentinos Ceolin et al. 2015
†Cytheropteron danvillensis Howe and Chambers 1935
†Cytheropteron galericulum Howe and Law 1936
†Cytheropteron hyperdictyon Ceolin et al. 2015
†Cytheropteron inops Bertels 1969
†Cytheropteron latissima Norman 1865
†Cytheropteron montgomeryensis Howe and Chambers 1935
†Cytheropteron nodosum Ulrich and Bassler 1904
†Cytheropteron planalatum Guernet 1985
†Cytheropteron reticuloradiata Neale and Singh 1985
†Cytheropteron rocanum Bertels 1973
†Cytheropteron translimitares Ceolin et al. 2015
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Spathian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 248.10000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 246.7 Ma

Collections (142 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7China (Xizang) C. sp. A (112032)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Türkiye C. schornikovi (197740)
Sinemurian - Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2United Kingdom (Wales) C. sp. A (33493)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Portugal C. sp. (33471)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9United Kingdom (Somerset) C. gwashense (33340 33341 33342 33344) C. gwashense, C. supraliassicum (33343)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Portugal C. alafastigatum (158474)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7United Kingdom (Wales) C. alafastigatum (33497)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7United Kingdom (Somerset) C. byfieldensis (33348) C. byfieldensis, C. alafastigatum (33345 33346 33347)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Portugal C. alafastigatum (33478 33482)
Levesquei182.9 - 174.7Portugal C. alafastigatum (33485 33486 33487 33488 33489)
Thouarsense180.4 - 174.7Portugal C. alafastigatum (33484)
Thouarsense180.4 - 174.7United Kingdom (Somerset) C. alafastigatum (33349 33350) C. cribum (33352) C. supraliassicum, C. sp., C. alafastigatum (33351)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Russian Federation (Karachay-Cherkessia) C. sp. (198644 198646 198673 198674 198680 198696)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal C. sp. (67951)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal C. sp. (67959)
Valanginian - Barremian137.05 - 121.4Spain (Biscay) C. sp. (144740)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Mexico (Baja California) C. trinitiensis (1891)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (Oklahoma) C. howelli, C. trinitiensis (93890)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Australia (Queensland) C. concentricum (81522)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Tunisia C. minutoalatum, C. semireticulatum (56813)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Texas) C. rugosalatum (65725 65736 65738)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Morocco C. sp. (94073)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Antarctica C. sp. (93956 93960)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) C. sp., C. translimitares (231995) C. translimitares (231993 232033)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Argentina (Neuquén) C. inops (232029)
Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Argentina (Rio Negro) C. sp. (236599)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Indian Ocean C. sp. (201913)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Tunisia (Kef) C. lekefense (93948)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Neuquén) C. bidentinos, C. translimitares (231999 232000) C. hyperdictyon (232005 232007 232008 232009 232010) C. hyperdictyon, C. bidentinos, C. translimitares (232002) C. hyperdictyon, C. translimitares (232004 232006) C. translimitares (232003 232014)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) C. aligerum (191249) C. midwayensis (191250)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Río Negro) C. rocanum (220768)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Trinidad and Tobago C. liogluma (94018 94021 94031)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Pakistan (Sindh) C. montgomeryensis (94120)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) C. danvillensis (191911 191923 191935) C. montgomeryensis (191908 191912 191913 191914)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) C. montgomeryensis (192002 192006)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03North Atlantic C. sp. (201903)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan (Sindh) C. montgomeryensis (94121 94127)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) C. minutum (93888)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) C. virgineum (93896 93897 93898)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Bangladesh C. reticuloradiata (209195)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) C. variosum (94040)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) C. australopunctatarum, C. cuneatum, C. testudo, C. sp., C. planalatum (161903)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Tonga C. sp. (43006)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Indian Ocean C. planalatum (201931)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Alabama) C. montgomeryensis (94153 94154 94155 94156 94157)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mexico (Veracruz) C. mexicanum (94169 94171 94172) C. sp. (94170)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Indian Ocean C. punctatum (201940)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Antarctica C. litwini (94115)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45South Africa (North Cape) C. sp. (37451)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Cuba (Sancti Spiritus) C. sp. (31183)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Trinidad and Tobago C. leonensis (93917) C. renzi (93911) C. renzi, C. sp. (93913) C. renzi, C. subreticulatum (93916)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy (Sardinia) C. bifidum (93940) C. sp. (93941)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98South Africa (North Cape) C. sp. (37487)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82South Africa (North Cape) C. sp. (37494)
Middle Miocene - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246Peru C. subreticulatum (176144)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Poland C. ascolii, C. nadezdae, C. sagittaeferrum (138847 138850) C. ascolii, C. nadezdae, C. sagittaeferrum, C. vespertilio (138841 138846 138848 138849 138852) C. ascolii, C. sagittaeferrum (138843 138845) C. nadezdae, C. sagittaeferrum (138851) C. sagittaeferrum (138842 138844 138855 138858 138861)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece C. alatum (138333)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia (Atlántico) C. subreticulatum (93901 93903 93905 93907 93908)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6North Atlantic C. sp. (201900)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) C. talquinensis, C. yorktownensis (52582)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas del Toro) C. sp. (91902)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama C. sp. (91912)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) C. sp. (66093)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Iceland C. sp. (75055)