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Pellucistoma

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheromatidae

Taxonomy
Pellucistoma is a genus. It is extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Pellucistoma Benson et al. p. Q317
2002Pellucistoma Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderCytherocopinaGründel 1967
infraorderArchaeocytherininaLiebau 1991
superfamilyParadoxostomatoideaBrady and Norman 1889
familyCytheromatidae(Elofson 1939)
genusPellucistoma

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 Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 37.71000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) P. coombsi, P. fordycei (161903)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Venezuela P. kendengensis (93929 93932 93935) P. magniventra (93926 93928) P. magniventra, P. kendengensis (93922 93927 93931)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colón) P. howei (93909)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas del Toro) P. sp. (91902)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama P. sp. (91912)