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Occultocythereis gioargaezi

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Hemicytheridae

Taxonomy
Occultocythereis gioargaezi was named by Carreño and Cronin (1993). Its type specimen is C ICM-337-Mi, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 84TC51, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Bateque Formation of Mexico.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. subspinellosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Occultocythereis gioargaezi Carreño and Cronin p. 146 figs. P11figs 17-19

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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
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
superfamilyTrachyleberidoideaLiebau 2005
familyHemicytheridae(Puri 1953)
subfamilyOrioninaePuri 1973
genusOccultocythereis
speciesgioargaezi

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.

†Occultocythereis gioargaezi Carreño and Cronin 1993
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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: Middle Eocene or 47.80000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Mexico (Baja California Sur) Occultocythereis gioargaezi (type locality: 201740)