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Pontocyprella

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Pontocyprididae

Taxonomy
Pontocyprella is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Macrocyprididae by Ballent (1998); to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pontocyprididae by Babinot and Colin (2011), Forel (2017).

Species
P. cavata, P. fabaeformis, P. harrisiana, P. suprajurassica
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. recurva

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Pontocyprella Ballent p. 357
2002Pontocyprella Sepkoski
2011Pontocyprella Babinot and Colin p. 753
2017Pontocyprella Forel

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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
suborderCypridocopinaJones 1901
superfamilyPontocypridoideaMuller 1894
familyPontocyprididaeMueller 1894
genusPontocyprella

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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†Pontocyprella cavata Donze 1967
†Pontocyprella fabaeformis Drexler 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height50.4580.3200.6000.4800.105

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 Julian to the top of the Danian or 237.00000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian237.0 - 233.6Türkiye P. sp., P. suprajurassica (197740)
Angulata201.4 - 199.5Germany P. fabaeformis (139807)
Planorbis201.4 - 199.5Germany P. fabaeformis (139803 139804)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Germany P. fabaeformis (139811 139813 139814 139816 139817)
Semicostatum199.5 - 192.9Germany P. fabaeformis (139808 139809 139810)
Davoei192.9 - 184.2France P. elongata (33622 33624 33627 33628)
Davoei192.9 - 184.2Germany P. fabaeformis (139822)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany P. fabaeformis (139818 139819 139820)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2France P. elongata (33629 33633 33634 33635)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Austria P. cavata (158206)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2France P. sp. (34715)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Russian Federation (Karachay-Cherkessia) P. sp. (198645 198674 198680 198692 198695 198696)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France P. suprajurassica (61718 61719)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France P. suprajurassica (61724)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Drôme) P. harrisiana (75576)
Early/Lower Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. sp. (234986)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Texas) P. alexanderi (65707 65712 65717 65722 65738)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Tunisia (Kef) P. recurva (93948)