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Cyprinotus

Ostracoda

Taxonomy
Cyprinotus was named by Brady (1886). It is extant.

It was assigned to Ostracoda by Coope et al. (1961).

Species
C. salinus
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. similis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Cyprinotus Brady
1961Cyprinotus Coope et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
genusCyprinotusBrady 1886

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.

G. Cyprinotus Brady 1886
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Cyprinotus salinus Brady 1868
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-04 06:54:01
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:59:32
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 70.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Madhya Pradesh) C. sp. (226125)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) C. sp. (74527 159019)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Germany (Rheinland Pfalz) C. similis (37967)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) C. glaucus (234637)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) C. sp. (20168)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (Granada) C. salinus (34985)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) C. salinus (163075)