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Occultocythereis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Hemicytheridae

Taxonomy
Occultocythereis is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Trachyleberidinae by Bertels (1969); to Orioninae by Brouwers (1992); to Trachyleberidini by Carreño and Cronin (1993); and to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
O. gioargaezi
Species lacking formal opinion data
O. bituberculata, O. peristicia, O. subspinellosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Occultocythereis Bertels p. 265
1992Occultocythereis Brouwers p. 20
1993Occultocythereis Carreño and Cronin p. 146
2002Occultocythereis 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
superfamilyTrachyleberidoideaLiebau 2005
familyHemicytheridae(Puri 1953)
subfamilyOrioninaePuri 1973
genusOccultocythereis

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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†Occultocythereis gioargaezi Carreño and Cronin 1993
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 Maastrichtian to the top of the Serravallian or 72.20000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Argentina (Neuquén) O. sp. (232029)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan (Sindh) O. peristicia, O. subspinellosa (94121)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Mexico (Baja California Sur) O. gioargaezi (201740)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Bangladesh O. sp. A (209195 209199)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Libya O. sp. (77237)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Antigua and Barbuda O. sp. (94179)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Puerto Rico O. sp. (94198)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Poland O. bituberculata (138842 138847 138848 138849)