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Bythocypris gibsonensis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bythocyprididae

Taxonomy
Bythocypris gibsonensis was named by Howe and Chambers (1935) [indicated as Bythocypris ? gibsonensis]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gibson landing on the Ouachita River, Caldwell Parish, which is in an Eocene marginal marine horizon in Louisiana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Bythocypris gibsonensis Howe and Chambers p. 9 figs. Plate III, figure 10; Plate IV, figure 3
1958Bythocypris gibsonensis Marianos and Valentine p. 365 figs. Plate 1, figure 3a-c; text-figure 2

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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
suborderBairdiocopinaGrundel 1967
superfamilyBairdioidea(Sars 1888)
familyBythocyprididaeMaddocks 1969
genusBythocyprisBrady 1880
speciesgibsonensis

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.

†Bythocypris gibsonensis Howe and Chambers 1935
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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: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 41.03000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71USA (California) Bythocypris gibsonensis (218150)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Bythocypris gibsonensis (191908 type locality: 191913 191914 191923)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Bythocypris gibsonensis (192002)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Bythocypris gibsonensis (191922)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Puerto Rico Bythocypris gibsonensis (94187 94188)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Alabama) Bythocypris gibsonensis (191979)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Puerto Rico Bythocypris gibsonensis (94193 94196)