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Vetustocytheridea

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae

Taxonomy
Vetustocytheridea is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cyprideidini by Puckett (2008).

Species lacking formal opinion data
V. lignitarum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Vetustocytheridea Sepkoski
2008Vetustocytheridea Puckett p. 146

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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)
familyCytherideidaeSars 1925
tribeCyprideidiniKollmann 1960
genusVetustocytheridea

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: marine, brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:09:10
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:09:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Middle Paleocene or 66.00000 to 59.24000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 59.24United Kingdom (England) V. lignitarum (8083)