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Schizocythere
Taxonomy
Schizocythere is a genus. It is extant. It is the type genus of Schizocytheridae.
It was assigned to Schizocytheridae by Benson et al. (1961); and to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Schizocytheridae by Benson et al. (1961); and to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1961 | Schizocythere Benson et al. p. Q331 |
| 2002 | Schizocythere Sepkoski |
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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
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| References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Lutetian or 85.70000 to 41.03000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Santonian | Morocco | S. tegeratus (94051) | |
| Danian | Indian Ocean | S. sp. (201904 201913) | |
| Thanetian | Indian Ocean | S. sp. (201914) | |
| Ypresian | Pakistan (Sindh) | S. sp. 4, S. sp. 1, S. sp. 2, S. sp. 3, S. sp. 5 (94119) | |
| Lutetian | Pakistan (Sindh) | S. gujaratensis (94124 94126) S. gujaratensis, S. prolata, S. ventricosa, S. sp. 4 (94121) | |
| Middle Eocene | Hungary | S. depressa (171632) |