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Thaerocytherinae

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Hemicytheridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Thaerocytherini Hazel
1969Thaerocytherinae Bertels p. 274
1971Thaerocytherinae Hazel and Holden p. 2
1975Thaerocytherinae Bertels p. 112
1983Thaerocytherini Hazel p. 99
1993Thaerocytherini Carreño and Cronin p. 146
2005Thaerocytherinae Liebau

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
superfamilyTrachyleberidoideaLiebau 2005
familyHemicytheridae(Puri 1953)
subfamilyThaerocytherinae(Hazel 1967)
subfamilyThaerocytherinae(Hazel 1967)

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.

Subfm. †Thaerocytherinae Hazel 1967
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†Jugosocythereis bermejoensis Carreño and Cronin 1993
†Jugosocythereis monrealensis Carreño and Cronin 1993
G. Poseidonamicus Benson 1972
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†Poseidonamicus major Benson 1972
Poseidonamicus miocenicus Benson and Peypouquet 1983
†Poseidonamicus norrisi Yamaguchi et al. 2017
Poseidonamicus panopsus Whatley and Dingle 1989
Poseidonamicus pseudorobustus Coles and Whatley 1989
Poseidonamicus riograndensis Benson and Peypouquet 1983
G. †Tongacythere Hazel and Holden 1971
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†Tongacythere kondoi Hazel and Holden 1971
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Zanclean or 48.07000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Mexico (Baja California Sur) Jugosocythereis bermejoensis (201740) Jugosocythereis monrealensis (201739)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Tonga Jugosocythereis sp., Tongacythere kondoi (43006)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mexico (Veracruz) Jugosocythereis vicksburgensis (94166 94173)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Puerto Rico Jugosocythereis spinosa (94187 94188 94189 94190 94191)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Antigua and Barbuda Jugosocythereis vicksburgensis (94183 94185)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Puerto Rico Jugosocythereis spinosa (94193) Jugosocythereis vicksburgensis (94192) Jugosocythereis vicksburgensis, Jugosocythereis laresensis (94195 94196 94197 94198) Jugosocythereis vicksburgensis, Jugosocythereis spinosa (94194)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (Louisiana) Jugosocythereis sp. (44521)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Puerto Rico Jugosocythereis vicksburgensis (94204)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6North Atlantic Poseidonamicus major (201875) Poseidonamicus multipunctata, Poseidonamicus major (201900) Poseidonamicus sp., Poseidonamicus major (201874)