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Stigmatocythere

Ostracoda - Podocopida

Taxonomy
Stigmatocythere is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
S. bornhardti, S. obliqua

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Stigmatocythere Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
genusStigmatocythere

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
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 Lutetian to the top of the Burdigalian or 47.80000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan (Sindh) S. obliqua (94121 94123 94125 94126)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44South Africa (North Cape) S. bornhardti (37451)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97South Africa (North Cape) S. bornhardti (37487)