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Covracythere gryci

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bythocytheridae

Taxonomy
Covracythere gryci was named by Sohn (1987). Its type specimen is USNM 389824, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 33107-33131 [Limestone & Dolomite Mbr, Shublik Fm], which is in a Ladinian offshore shale in the Shublik Formation of Alaska.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Covracythere gryci Sohn p. C10 figs. pl. 2, figs. 20-26; pl. 7, figs. 16-25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyBythocytheridaeSars 1928
genusCovracythereGramm 1975
speciesgryci

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.

†Covracythere gryci Sohn 1987
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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: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Sevatian or 241.46400 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0USA (Alaska) Covracythere gryci (type locality: 162419)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7USA (Alaska) Covracythere gryci (162415)