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Procytherura

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheruridae

Taxonomy
Procytherura was named by Whatley (1970) [Sepkoski's age data: J Toar-l K Haut-u Sepkoski's reference number: 74]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cytheruridae by Harloff and Jäger (1994); and to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. suebica
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. liassica, P. multicostata, P. sheppardina, P. werneri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Procytherura Whatley
1994Procytherura Harloff and Jäger p. 28
2002Procytherura 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
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyCytheruridaeMüller 1894
genusProcytheruraWhatley 1970

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. †Procytherura Whatley 1970
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†Procytherura suebica Herrig and Richter 1990
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height20.1540.1400.1700.1550.021

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 Early/Lower Pliensbachian to the top of the Late/Upper Bajocian or 192.90000 to 168.20000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Davoei192.9 - 184.2Germany P. suebica (139822)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany P. suebica (139819 139820)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Argentina (Mendoza) P. sp. (10700)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Austria P. suebica (139825)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9United Kingdom (Somerset) P. sp. (33340)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Spain P. werneri (119388)
Tenuicostatum184.2 - 182.9Portugal P. sp. (33474)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Portugal P. liassica (33478)
Bifrons182.9 - 174.7Austria P. suebica (139827 139828)
Levesquei182.9 - 174.7Austria P. suebica (139829)
Levesquei182.9 - 174.7Portugal P. multicostata (33485 33486)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Russian Federation (Karachay-Cherkessia) P. sheppardina (198645) P. sp. 1, P. sp. 2 (198696)