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Pterygocythereis americana

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Taxonomy
Cythereis cornuta americana was named by Ulrich and Bassler (1904). It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Cythereis cornuta americana Ulrich and Bassler

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyTrachyleberididaeSylvester-Bradley 1948
subfamilyTrachyleberidinaeBradley 1948
genusPterygocythereisJones 1849
speciesamericana(Roemer 1838)

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.

†Pterygocythereis americana Ulrich and Bassler 1904
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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: Middle Miocene or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Venezuela Pterygocythereis americana (93920 93927 93928 93932)