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Elliptocyprites

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiocyprididae

Taxonomy
Elliptocyprites is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Bairdiocyprididae by Schallreuter et al. (2006).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Elliptocyprites Sepkoski
2006Elliptocyprites Schallreuter et al. p. 310

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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
suborderBairdiocopinaGrundel 1967
superfamilyBairdiocypridoidea(Shaver 1961)
familyBairdiocyprididaeShaver 1961
genusElliptocyprites

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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Elliptocyprites kegeli Boucek 1936
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 Early/Lower Llanvirn to the top of the Pridoli or 468.00000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Llanvirn468.0 - 461.1China (Hubei) E. sp. (4713)
Oretanian468.0 - 461.0Spain (Oviedo) E. sp. (21094)
Rocklandian - Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) E. paracylindrica (23123 23148)
Actonian - Onnian454.0 - 449.5China (Hubei) E. sp. (4690)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2China (Hubei) E. sp. (4689)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Czechia Cytherella kegeli (14157)