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Perissocytheridea

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Brachycytheridae

Taxonomy
Perissocytheridea was named by Stephenson (1938) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi-u R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Cytheromorphinae by van den Bold (1965); to Cytherideidae by Uliana and Musacchio (1978); to Cytheridinae by Ballent (1980); to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Brachycytheridae by Carignano (2012).

Species
P. informalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Perissocytheridea Stephenson
1965Perissocytheridea van den Bold p. 392
1978Perissocytheridea Uliana and Musacchio
1980Perissocytheridea Ballent
2002Perissocytheridea Sepkoski
2012Perissocytheridea Carignano

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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)
familyBrachycytheridaePuri 1954
genusPerissocytherideaStephenson 1938

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.

G. Perissocytheridea Stephenson 1938
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†Perissocytheridea informalis Uliana and Musacchio 1978
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 Campanian to the top of the Tortonian or 83.60000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) P. sp. (231990 231991 231992)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mexico (Veracruz) P. sp. (94161 94164 94167)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Puerto Rico P. sp. (94204)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Trinidad and Tobago P. reticulata (93912 93913 93917)
Middle Miocene - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246Peru P. acuminata (176158)