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Protocythere

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherettidae

Taxonomy
Protocythere is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cytherettinae by Babinot and Colin (2011).

Species
P. bedoulensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. divisa, P. frankei, P. galileensis, P. helvetica, P. humilis, P. mazenoti, P. propria, P. rodewaldensis, P. triplicata
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Protocythere Sepkoski
2011Protocythere Babinot and Colin p. 741

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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)
familyCytherettidaeTriebel 1952
subfamilyCytherettinaeTriebel 1952
genusProtocythere

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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†Protocythere bedoulensis Moullade 1963
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marinec
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 Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 154.80000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal (Centro) P. rodewaldensis (68220)
Middle Berriasian141.0 - 139.1Algeria P. mazenoti (64328 64360)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Poland (Masovian Voivodship) P. propria (192536)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Algeria P. mazenoti (64317 64330 64363 64365)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6France P. humilis, P. divisa, P. helvetica, P. sp. (91170)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Germany P. triplicata (64981 76934)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77France (Provence) P. sp. 3, P. triplicata (56775) P. triplicata (56774)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Germany P. triplicata, P. frankei (76950)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Portugal P. sp. (65742)
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Germany P. triplicata (76937 76939 76953)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Portugal P. sp. (73329 73354)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Drôme) P. sp., P. bedoulensis (75576)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Tunisia P. galileensis (56812)