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Sphaeroleberis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheridae

Taxonomy
Sphaeroleberis is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Progonocytherinae by Bertels (1975); and to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
S. abnormis, S. gambiensis, S. senegalensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. abnormalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Sphaeroleberis Bertels p. 124
2002Sphaeroleberis 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)
familyCytheridaeBaird 1850
subfamilyProgonocytherinaeSylvester-Bradley 1948
genusSphaeroleberis

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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†Sphaeroleberis abnormis Bertels 1975
†Sphaeroleberis gambiensis Apostolescu 1963
†Sphaeroleberis senegalensis Apostolescu 1963
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: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Gambia S. gambiensis, S. senegalensis (209423)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) S. abnormalis (231995)
Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Argentina (Rio Negro) S. abnormis (236601)