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Lophocythere

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheridae

Taxonomy
Lophocythere is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Species
L. (Fastigatocythere)
Species lacking formal opinion data
L. flexicosta, L. multicostata, L. oertli

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Lophocythere Benson et al. p. Q327
2002Lophocythere Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—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
subfamilyProgonocytherinaeSylvester-Bradley 1948
genusLophocythere

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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Subg. †Lophocythere (Fastigatocythere) Wienholz 1967
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 Bajocian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 170.90000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Spain (Castilla y Leon) L. bradiana (78217)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Saudi Arabia Fastigatocythere brentonensis (45270)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Madagascar Fastigatocythere malgachica (101703)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar Fastigatocythere befotakaensis (101717) Fastigatocythere falcula, Fastigatocythere trisulcata (101718)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Switzerland L. cruciata, L. scabra (61717)
Early/Lower Callovian - Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar L. sp., Fastigatocythere falcula, Fastigatocythere bicruciata, Fastigatocythere trisulcata, Fastigatocythere sp. 1, Fastigatocythere sp. (101719)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France L. cruciata (61718 61719)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Portugal (Leiria) L. composita, L. flexicosta (69698)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Switzerland L. multicostata (61723)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal (Centro) L. oertli, L. multicostata (68220)