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Brachycytheridae

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Brachycytheridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Brachycytheridae Puri
1980Brachycytheridae Ballent
2000Brachycytheridae Crasquin-Soleau et al. p. 184
2012Brachycytheridae Carignano

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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)
familyBrachycytheridaePuri 1954
familyBrachycytheridaePuri 1954

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.

Fm. †Brachycytheridae Puri 1954
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G. †Acuminobrachycythere Puckett 2002
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†Acuminobrachycythere acuminata Hazel and Paulson 1964
G. †Alatacythere Murray and Hussey 1942
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G. Perissocytheridea Stephenson 1938
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†Perissocytheridea informalis Uliana and Musacchio 1978
G. Pterygocythereis Blake 1933
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†Pterygocythereis rocana Bertels 1969
G. Rhombocythere Andreson 1964
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†Rhombocythere dimorphica Crasquin-Soleau et al. 2000
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Calabrian or 241.46400 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 237.0 Ma

Collections (70 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0USA (Alaska) Rhombocythere sp. (162419)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Italy Rhombocythere dimorphica (155591)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Saudi Arabia Macrodentina sp. (45904)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Switzerland Macrodentina sp. (61723)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6France Macrodentina mediostricta, Macrodentina sp. (91170)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Germany Apatocythere ellipsoidea (76950)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Portugal Macrodentina sp. (73145 73321)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Portugal Macrodentina sp. (73155 73166 73204 73329 73347 73354 73356 73517 73524)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Portugal Macrodentina sp. (73349 73352)
Early/Lower Barremian - Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Macrodentina sp. (228969)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Portugal Macrodentina sp. (73502)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Portugal Macrodentina sp. (73538 73547 73554)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Tunisia Pterygocythere bismuthi (56813)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Austria (Salzkammergut) Dordoniella turonensis, Dordoniella strangulata (142308)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Saudi Arabia Digmocythere sp. (184843)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Perissocytheridea sp., Alatacythere rocana (231990 231991 231992)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) Alatacythere rocana (93947)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands Kikliocythere labyrinthica (138910)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Pterygocythereis sp. (236602)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Argentina (Neuquén) Alatacythere rocana (232029)
Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Argentina (Rio Negro) Alatacythere rocana (236601)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Trinidad and Tobago Pterygocythereis sp. (94013 94014 94015)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Pterygocythereis fimbriata (8025)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Pterygocythereis cornuta (41945 41966)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Hungary Pterygocythere jonesi (171635)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mexico (Veracruz) Perissocytheridea sp. (94161 94164 94167)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany Pterygocythereis ceratoptera (95898)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Trinidad and Tobago Perissocytheridea reticulata (93912 93913 93917)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Puerto Rico Perissocytheridea sp. (94204)
Middle Miocene - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246Peru Perissocytheridea acuminata (176158)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Poland Pterygocythereis jonesii (138841 138843 138844 138845 138846 138847 138848 138849 138850 138851 138852 138855 138857)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Belgium (Antwerpen) Pterygocythereis sp. (48092)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Alatacythere praeantarcticum (166810)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Pterygocythereis inexpectata (52582)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Italy (Umbria) Pterygocythereis jonesii (200419)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy (Umbria) Pterygocythereis jonesii (149603 200420)