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Glyptocythere

Ostracoda - Podocopida

Taxonomy
Glyptocythere is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
G. huniensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Glyptocythere Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
genusGlyptocythere

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 Bajocian to the top of the Bathonian or 168.60000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Russian Federation (Karachay-Cherkessia) G. sp. (198681)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (Scotland) G. sp. (40699 40705)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia G. huniensis (48142 48315)