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Eocytheropteron spurgeonae

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheruridae

Taxonomy
Eocytheropteron spurgeonae 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Eocytheropteron spurgeonae Howe and Chambers p. 20 figs. Plate III, figure 18; Plate IV, figure 2; Plate VI, figure 12-13

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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)
familyCytheruridaeMüller 1894
subfamilyCytheropterinaeHanai 1957
genusEocytheropteron(Alexander 1933)
speciesspurgeonae

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.

†Eocytheropteron spurgeonae 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 Eocene to the top of the Oligocene or 56.00000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Eocytheropteron spurgeonae (191912 191913 191914)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Eocytheropteron spurgeonae (191999 192002 192006)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Alabama) Eocytheropteron spurgeonae (191978 type locality: 191979)