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Hemicytheria

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Hemicytheridae

Taxonomy
Hemicytheria is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Hemicytheridae by Benson et al. (1961); and to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Hemicytheria Benson et al. p. Q304
2002Hemicytheria Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
superfamilyTrachyleberidoideaLiebau 2005
familyHemicytheridae(Puri 1953)
genusHemicytheria

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: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: base of the Sarmatian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 12.80000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Austria H. emphalodes, H. omphalodes (73299)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Croatia H. brunnensis (68221) H. brunnensis, H. croatica, H. major (68266)