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Cytheridea kellumi

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae

Taxonomy
Cytheridea kellumi was named by Howe and Chambers (1935) [authors: Howe & Stephenson]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bayou Toro, which is in an Eocene marginal marine horizon in Louisiana.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. neapolitana, C. rotundus, C. rudia, C. habropapillosa, C. subpyriformis, C. compressa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Cytheridea kellumi Howe and Chambers p. 16 figs. Plate I, figure 11; Plate II, figure 13-15
1935Cytheridea kellumi Howe and Stephenson p. 16 figs. Plate I, figure 11; Plate II, figure 13-15

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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
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyCytherideidaeSars 1925
subfamilyCytherideinaeSars 1925
tribeCytherideiniKollmann 1958
genusCytherideaBosquet 1852
specieskellumi

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.

†Cytheridea kellumi Howe and Chambers 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marine, brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:09:10
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:09:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: base of the Eocene to the top of the Oligocene or 56.00000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Cytheridea kellumi (192003 192006)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Cytheridea kellumi (191923 type locality: 191935)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Alabama) Cytheridea kellumi (191979)