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Eucythere midwayensis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Eucytheridae

Taxonomy
Eucythere midwayensis was named by Alexander (1934). It is not extant. Its type locality is Station 21, tributary of Tehuacana Creek, which is in a Danian/Selandian marginal marine claystone in the Wills Point Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. parapubera, E. polonezensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Eucythere midwayensis Alexander p. 227 figs. Plate 33, fig. 15

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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
superfamilyCytherideoideaLeibau 2005
familyEucytheridaePuri 1954
genusEucythereBrady 1868
speciesmidwayensis

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.

†Eucythere midwayensis Alexander 1934
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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 Danian to the top of the Selandian or 66.00000 to 59.24000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24USA (Texas) Eucythere midwayensis (type locality: 191450)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Missouri) Eucythere midwayensis (232025)