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Cytherelloidea btaterensis

Ostracoda - Platycopida

Discussion

The diagnosis follows Bischoff (1964). Cytherelloidea btaterensis Bischoff, 1964 resembles Cytherelloidea circumvallata Bonnema, 1941 (middle Albianearly Cenomanian of the Netherlands) (Bonnema 1941; Grndel 1966), but the latter has an extra central ridge, which is absent in the former. Cytherelloidea knaptonensis Kay, 1963, from the Albian of Lebanon (Bischoff 1964), can be separated from the present species by its ornamentation, which does not include reticulations and punctuations between the ridges; also, the shape of the posterior ridge is remarkably different, especially along the dorso-posterior margin. A similar species, Cytherelloidea kayei Weaver, 1982 from the middlelate Cenomanian of England (Weaver 1982), has thicker ridges overall.

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Taxonomy
Cytherelloidea btaterensis was named by Bischoff (1964) [Antonietto et al. (2016) age data: Cretaceous, Aptian-Albian. Reference number: 64788.]. Its type specimen is SMF Xe 5136, a shell (Carapace), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Cytherelloidea btaterensis Bischoff p. 17 figs. 2.16, 2.17, 3.18, 3.19

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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
orderPlatycopidaSars 1866
suborderPlatycopinaSars 1866
superfamilyCytherelloideaSars 1886
speciesCytherelloidea btaterensisBischoff 1964
speciesbtaterensisBischoff 1964

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.

†Cytherelloidea btaterensis Bischoff 1964
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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: suspension feedero
Vision: blindo
Created: 2010-02-05 01:56:31
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:59:51
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002
Collections
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