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Brachycythere watervalleyensis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Taxonomy
Brachycythere watervalleyensis 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
B. conformata, B. kugleri, B. laqueata, B. sapucariensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Brachycythere watervalleyensis Howe and Chambers p. 46 figs. Plate III, figure 1-6; Plate IV, figure 1; Plate VI, figure 7

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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
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyTrachyleberididaeSylvester-Bradley 1948
genusBrachycythere
specieswatervalleyensis

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.

†Brachycythere watervalleyensis 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: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Oligocene or 37.71000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Brachycythere watervalleyensis (191936 191999 192002)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Brachycythere watervalleyensis (191908 191911 191912 191913 191914 191923 191933 191934 191935)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Brachycythere watervalleyensis (94153 94154 94155 94156 94157)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Alabama) Brachycythere watervalleyensis (191978 type locality: 191979)