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Leptocytheridae

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Leptocytheridae

Taxonomy
Leptocytheridae was named by Hanai (1957).

It was assigned to Cytheracea by Toth (2008); and to Cytheroidea by Liebau (2005), Yamaguchi et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Leptocytheridae Hanai
2005Leptocytheridae Liebau
2008Leptocytheridae Toth
2016Leptocytheridae Yamaguchi et al. p. 412 figs. Table 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
superfamilyCytheraceaBaird 1850
familyLeptocytheridaeHanai 1957
familyLeptocytheridaeHanai 1957

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. †Leptocytheridae Hanai 1957
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G. Callistocythere Ruggieri 1953
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†Callistocythere gliwicensis Aiello and Szczechura 2004
Subfm. †Leptocytherinae Hanai 1957
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G. †Euxinocythere Stancheva 1968
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 Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (59 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Indian Ocean Cluthia sp. (201904)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) Cluthia antiqua (161903)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy (Sardinia) Callistocythere spp. (93941 93942 93943 93945) Callistocythere spp., Callistocythere montana (93944)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Türkiye Callistocythere sp. (206231) Callistocythere sp., Leptocythere sp. (206230) Leptocythere sp. (206195)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Croatia Callistocythere egregia, Leptocythere tenuis (68213)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Kazakhstan Euxinocythere naviculata, Euxinocythere pseudonaviculata (174955) Euxinocythere stabilis (174956) Euxinocythere stabilis, Euxinocythere naviculata, Euxinocythere pseudonaviculata, Euxinocythere gerke (174760)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Poland Callistocythere canaliculata, Callistocythere daedalea, Callistocythere gliwicensis (138851) Callistocythere canaliculata, Callistocythere daedalea, Cluthia miocenica, Callistocythere gliwicensis (138847 138848) Callistocythere canaliculata, Callistocythere daedalea, Cluthia miocenica, Leptocythere foveolata, Callistocythere gliwicensis (138841 138846 138849 138850) Callistocythere daedalea (138857 138858 138859) Callistocythere daedalea, Callistocythere gliwicensis (138843) Callistocythere daedalea, Cluthia miocenica, Callistocythere gliwicensis (138852)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Austria Callistocythere egregia, Callistocythere naca, Leptocythere parallela (73299)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Belgium (Antwerpen) Callistocythere sp. (48092)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece Callistocythere daedalea, Callistocythere scheletrum, Callistocythere quadrangula (138312) Callistocythere joachinoi, Callistocythere montana, Callistocythere scheletrum, Callistocythere textilis, Callistocythere sp. 6, Callistocythere sp. 2, Callistocythere sp. 4, Callistocythere sp. 5, Callistocythere quadrangula (138332) Callistocythere joachinoi, Callistocythere montana, Callistocythere sp. 1, Callistocythere sp. 3, Callistocythere quadrangula (138425) Callistocythere joachinoi, Callistocythere montana, Callistocythere tetradactyla, Callistocythere textilis, Callistocythere sp. 1, Callistocythere sp. 2, Callistocythere quadrangula (138443) Callistocythere joachinoi, Callistocythere quadrangula (138331 138579) Callistocythere joachinoi, Callistocythere scheletrum, Callistocythere textilis, Callistocythere sp. 1, Callistocythere sp. 2, Callistocythere quadrangula (138581) Callistocythere joachinoi, Callistocythere tetradactyla, Callistocythere quadrangula (138428) Callistocythere joachinoi, Callistocythere textilis, Callistocythere quadrangula (138578) Callistocythere montana, Callistocythere scheletrum, Callistocythere tetradactyla, Callistocythere textilis, Callistocythere sp. 4, Callistocythere sp. 5, Callistocythere quadrangula (138583) Callistocythere montana, Callistocythere sp. 7 (138333) Callistocythere quadrangula (138337 138576 138582) Callistocythere scheletrum, Callistocythere tetradactyla, Callistocythere textilis, Callistocythere sp. 3, Callistocythere quadrangula (138429) Callistocythere sp. 2, Callistocythere quadrangula (138424) Callistocythere sp. 3, Callistocythere sp. 4, Callistocythere quadrangula (138335) Callistocythere tetradactyla, Callistocythere quadrangula (138584) Callistocythere tetradactyla, Leptocythere sp., Callistocythere quadrangula (138336) Callistocythere textilis, Callistocythere quadrangula (138334 138575) Callistocythere textilis, Callistocythere sp. 2, Callistocythere sp. 3, Callistocythere quadrangula (138580) Callistocythere textilis, Callistocythere tetradactyla, Callistocythere sp. 1, Callistocythere sp. 2, Callistocythere sp. 4, Callistocythere quadrangula (138431)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Croatia Leptocythere paralella (68219 68221)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Callistocythere sp. (69899)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Georgia Leptocythere petesa (45928)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6New Zealand Leptocythere murrayana (73307)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Leptocythere nikravshae, Leptocythere e, Leptocythere f (52582)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Gujarat) Callistocythere sp. (80599)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India Callistocythere sp. (76319)