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Megommatocythere

Ostracoda - Podocopida

Taxonomy
Megommatocythere is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
M. solideornatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Megommatocythere 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
genusMegommatocythere

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: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Morocco M. solideornatus (94050 94052 94053 94054 94056 94057)