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Pterygocythereidinae

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Taxonomy
Pterygocythereidinae was named by Keij (1957). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cytheridae by Bertels (1969); and to Trachyleberididae by Bertels (1974), Keen (1975).

Subtaxa
Ruggieria

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Pterygocythereidinae Keij
1969Pterygocythereidinae Bertels p. 271
1974Pterygocythereidinae Bertels
1975Pterygocythereidinae Keen

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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
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyTrachyleberididaeSylvester-Bradley 1948
subfamilyPterygocythereidinaeKeij 1957
subfamilyPterygocythereidinaeKeij 1957

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. Pterygocythereidinae Keij 1957
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†Ruggieria boldi Keen 1975
†Ruggieria bullomensis Keen 1975
†Ruggieria tetraptera Seguenza 1880
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 Oligocene to the top of the Langhian or 33.90000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Sierra Leone Ruggieria boldi (209296) Ruggieria boldi, Ruggieria bullomensis (209297) Ruggieria bullomensis (209298)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45South Africa (North Cape) Ruggieria frucilla, Ruggieria sp. (37451)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98South Africa (North Cape) Ruggieria furcilla (37487)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy (Sardinia) Ruggieria micheliniana (93939 93945) Ruggieria micheliniana, Ruggieria tetraptera (93943 93944) Ruggieria tetraptera (93938 93940 93941)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Türkiye Ruggieria tetraptera (206196 206231)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82South Africa (North Cape) Ruggieria furcilla (37494)