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Bythocytheremorpha pacifica

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bythocytheridae

Taxonomy
Bythocytheremorpha pacifica was named by Hazel and Holden (1971). Its type specimen is USNM 651490 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vaingana, Eua Island, which is in a Priabonian offshore shelf limestone in Tonga.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Bythocytheremorpha pacifica Hazel and Holden p. 4 figs. Plate 2, figures 3, 6, 12-14,16; plate 3, figures 6, 7,17,18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyBythocytheridaeSars 1928
subfamilyBythocytherinaeSars 1926
genusBythocytheremorpha
speciespacifica

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.

†Bythocytheremorpha pacifica Hazel and Holden 1971
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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: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Tonga Bythocytheremorpha pacifica (type locality: 43006)