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Pontocyprididae

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Pontocyprididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Pontocyprididae Mueller
1968Pontocyprididae Bertels
1971Pontocypridinae Hazel and Holden p. 9
1993Pontocyprididae Carreño and Cronin p. 152
1994Pontocyprididae Harloff and Jäger p. 27
2005Pontocyprididae Liebau
2010Pontocyprididae Bergue and Govindan
2011Pontocyprididae Babinot and Colin p. 753
2016Pontocyprididae Yamaguchi et al. p. 412 figs. Table 3
2017Pontocyprididae Forel

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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
suborderCypridocopinaJones 1901
superfamilyPontocypridoideaMuller 1894
familyPontocyprididaeMueller 1894
familyPontocyprididaeMueller 1894

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. Pontocyprididae Mueller 1894
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Argilloecia abnormalis Ceolin et al. 2015
Argilloecia concludus Ceolin et al. 2015
Argilloecia faba Alexander 1934
Argilloecia hiwanneensis Howe and Law 1936
Argilloecia hydrodynamicus Ceolin et al. 2015
Argilloecia subcylindrica Alexander 1934
G. †Bakunella
G. †Haworthina Kellett 1935
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Haworthina bulleta Harris and Lalicker 1932
Haworthina kellettae Kozur 1985
Haworthina prona Kozur 1985
G. †Liasina
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Liasina lanceolata Apostolescu 1959
Liasina vestibulifera Gramann 1963
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Pontocyprella cavata Donze 1967
Pontocyprella fabaeformis Drexler 1958
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Pontocypris mississippiensis Howe and Law 1936
Invalid names: Erythrocypris Mueller 1894 [objective synonym]
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G. Thomontocypris Maddocks 1991
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 Osagean to the top of the Holocene or 351.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 342.9 Ma

Collections (298 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Ohio) Pontocypris acuminata (162332)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4Canada (Alberta) Pontocypris billingsana, Pontocypris coryelli (62396)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Haworthina bulleta (95377 133139)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Kansas) Haworthina bulleta (110320 110321)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Kansas) Haworthina bulleta (110317)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Hungary Haworthina kellettae (146205) Haworthina prona (146210)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Italy Haworthina sp. (110840)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Lithuania Haworthina patria (45952 46158 46159 46170 46198 46202 46401 46406 46411 46414)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Haworthina patria (46204)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Iran Haworthina spp. (155147)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Iran Haworthina spp. (155148 155149 155151)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Saudi Arabia Haworthina sp. 1, Haworthina sp. 2, Haworthina sp. 3, Haworthina sp. 4 (87279)
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24Romania Pontocypris sp. (197722)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Türkiye Argilloecia sp., Pontocyprella sp., Pontocyprella suprajurassica (197740)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Canada (Yukon) Pontocypris sp. (225010 225013)
Angulata201.4 - 199.5Germany Pontocyprella fabaeformis (139807)
Planorbis201.4 - 199.5Germany Pontocyprella fabaeformis (139803 139804)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Germany Pontocyprella fabaeformis (139811 139813 139816 139817) Pontocyprella fabaeformis, Liasina vestibulifera (139814)
Semicostatum199.5 - 192.9Germany Pontocyprella fabaeformis (139808 139809 139810)
Davoei192.9 - 184.2Portugal Liasina lanceolata (33463)