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Paracypris franquesi

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Candonidae

Taxonomy
Paracypris franquesi was named by Howe and Chambers (1935). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Keyser Hill, 27 ft bellow Cocoa sand, which is in an Oligocene marginal marine horizon in Alabama.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. contracta, P. gracilis, P. limburgensis, P. mdaouerensis, P. ovidi, P. triangularis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Paracypris franquesi Howe and Chambers p. 10 figs. Plate III, figure 13; Plate IV, figure 19

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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
suborderCypridocopinaJones 1901
superfamilyCypridoidea(Baird 1845)
familyCandonidaeKaufmann 1900
familyParacypridinae(Sars 1923)
genusParacyprisSars 1866
speciesfranquesi

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.

†Paracypris franquesi Howe and Chambers 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: freshwatersuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 09:59:44
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:59:44
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Jell and Adrain 2002

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

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Paracypris franquesi (191936 191999 192002 192006)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Paracypris franquesi (191908 191912 191913 191914 191923 191935)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Louisiana) Paracypris franquesi (191922)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Louisiana/Texas) Paracypris franquesi (45017)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Paracypris franquesi (94153 94155)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Alabama) Paracypris franquesi (191978 type locality: 191979)