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Cythere morrisiana

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheridae

Taxonomy
Cythere morrisiana was named by Jones (1850). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Humbleton Hill quarry, shell-limestone, Durham, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate grainstone in the Ford Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. mylonita, C. postcultrata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Cythere morrisiana Jones p. 61 figs. Pl 18, figs 2a-c

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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)
familyCytheridaeBaird 1850
genusCythereMüller 1785
speciesmorrisiana

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.

†Cythere morrisiana Jones 1850
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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: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom (England) Cythere morrisiana (type locality: 130765)