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Paradoxostomatidae

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Paradoxostomatidae

Taxonomy
Paradoxostomatidae was named by Brady and Norman (1889). Its type is Paradoxostomatinae.

It was assigned to Cytheracea by Hazel and Holden (1971); and to Paradoxostomatoidea by Liebau (2005).

Subtaxa
Microcytherinae, Paradoxostomatinae (type subfamily)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Paradoxostomatidae Brady and Norman
1971Paradoxostomatidae Hazel and Holden p. 6
2005Paradoxostomatidae Liebau

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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
suborderCytherocopinaGründel 1967
infraorderArchaeocytherininaLiebau 1991
superfamilyParadoxostomatoideaBrady and Norman 1889
familyParadoxostomatidaeBrady and Norman 1889
familyParadoxostomatidaeBrady and Norman 1889

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.

Fm. †Paradoxostomatidae Brady and Norman 1889
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Subfm. Microcytherinae Klie 1938
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Subfm. †Paradoxostomatinae Brady and Norman 1889
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G. †Boldella
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Holocene or 201.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 192.9 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9United Kingdom (Wales) Paradoxostoma pusillum (33491)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2Portugal Paradoxostoma pusillum (33466)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9United Kingdom (Somerset) Paradoxostoma sp. (33343)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) Paracytherois gracilis, Paracytheroma stilwelli (161903)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Tonga Paradoxostoma sp., Sclerochilus sp. (43006)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45South Africa (North Cape) Cytherois sp. (37451)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98South Africa (North Cape) Cytherois sp. (37487)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Poland Sclerochilus sp. (70539)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Kazakhstan Paracytherois tenerum (174760 174956)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Poland Cytherois ruggierii, Cytherois sp. 1, Paracytherois nealei (138852) Cytherois ruggierii, Cytherois sp. 1, Paracytherois nealei, Paradoxostoma angustum (138848) Cytherois ruggierii, Cytherois sp. 1, Paracytherois nealei, Sclerochilus sp. 1 (138846) Cytherois ruggierii, Microcythere panis, Microcythere subterranea, Paracytherois nealei, Sclerochilus sp. 1, Sclerochilus sp. 2 (138841) Cytherois ruggierii, Microcythere panis, Paracytherois nealei (138843 138844) Cytherois ruggierii, Microcythere panis, Paracytherois nealei, Paradoxostoma angustum, Sclerochilus sp. 2 (138850) Cytherois ruggierii, Microcythere subterranea, Paracytherois nealei (138849) Cytherois ruggierii, Paracytherois nealei (138847) Cytherois sp. 1, Paracytherois nealei, Sclerochilus sp. 1, Sclerochilus sp. 2 (138845) Microcythere panis (138855 138858) Microcythere panis, Paracytherois nealei (138861) Paracytherois nealei (138842 138851 138870)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Paracytheroma stephensoni, Paradoxostoma delicata, Paradoxostoma e, Sclerochilus b (52582)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Iceland Paradoxostoma variablie (75055)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Paracytherois sp. (49518)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Cytherois frequens, Paradoxostoma versicolor (56803)