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Cytherelloidea vicksburgensis

Ostracoda - Platycopida

Taxonomy
Cytherelloidea vicksburgensis was named by Howe (1934). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mint Spring Bayou, Vicksburg, Mississippi, which is in an Oligocene marginal marine horizon in Mississippi.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Cytherelloidea vicksburgensis Howe p. 33 figs. Plate 5, figure 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPlatycopidaSars 1866
suborderPlatycopinaSars 1866
superfamilyCytherelloideaSars 1886
speciesCytherelloidea vicksburgensisHowe 1934
speciesvicksburgensisHowe 1934

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.

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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: suspension feedero
Vision: blindo
Created: 2010-02-05 01:56:31
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:59:51
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: Oligocene or 33.90000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Mississippi) Cytherelloidea vicksburgensis (type locality: 191619 191695)