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Cytheridea wallacei

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae

Taxonomy
Cytheridea wallacei was named by Howe and Garrett (1934). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Marthaville, which is in a Paleocene marginal marine horizon in Louisiana.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. neapolitana, C. rotundus, C. rudia, C. habropapillosa, C. subpyriformis, C. compressa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Cytheridea wallacei Howe and Garrett p. 44 figs. Plate III, figure 5-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyCytherideidaeSars 1925
subfamilyCytherideinaeSars 1925
tribeCytherideiniKollmann 1958
genusCytherideaBosquet 1852
specieswallacei

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.

†Cytheridea wallacei Howe and Garrett 1934
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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 Paleocene to the top of the Eocene or 66.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) Cytheridea wallacei (type locality: 191408)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Cytheridea wallacei (191698)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Texas) Cytheridea wallacei (191405)