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Cythereis hysonensis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Taxonomy

Cythereis hysonensis was named by Howe and Chambers (1935). It is a 3D body fossil.

Subspecies

C. dohmi

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. bartensteini, C. bernardi, C. bigrandis, C. buechlerae, C. coronata, C. elongata, C. fragillissima, C. garretti, C. gosportensis, C. gueltaensis, C. implicata, C. israelskyi, C. linospinosa, C. longicostata, C. malzi, C. phoenissa, C. quinquespinosa, C. reklawensis, C. sebastiensis, C. sinuata, C. smithvillensis, C. spinosa, C. splendens, C. subgoodlandensis, C. trinidadensis, C. uptonensis, C. variabilocostata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1935	Cythereis hysonensis Howe and Chambers p. 31 figs. Plate I, figure 8; Plate VI, figure 23,24

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Hymenostraca	(Rolfe 1969)

Rank	Name	Author
superclass	Oligostraca	Zrzavý et al. 1997
class	Ostracoda
subclass	Podocopa	Sars 1865
order	Podocopida	Sars 1866
suborder	Sigilliocopina	Martens 1992
superfamily	Cytheroidea	(Baird 1850)
family	Trachyleberididae	Sylvester-Bradley 1948
subfamily	Trachyleberidinae	Bradley 1948
genus	Cythereis	Jones 1849
species	hysonensis

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.

†Cythereis hysonensis Howe and Chambers 1935

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†Cythereis hysonensis dohmi 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 (10 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	USA (Louisiana)	Cythereis hysonensis (191911 191912 191913 191914)
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	USA (Mississippi)	Cythereis hysonensis (191936 191999 192002 192006)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	USA (Alabama)	Cythereis hysonensis (191978 191979)