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Cytherella sarakundaensis

Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cytherellidae

Taxonomy

Cytherella sarakundaensis was named by Apostolescu (1963). Its type specimen is MNHN.F.F61276 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. acuta, C. austinensis, C. bayrichi, C. cingulata, C. circumpunctata, C. fimbricinctus, C. fragilis, C. gracilis, C. guasarensis, C. hemipuncta, C. index, C. krimensis, C. levisulcata, C. limpida, C. meijeri, C. obscura, C. parallela, C. praetoarcensis, C. pulchra, C. speetonensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1963	Cytherella sarakundaensis Apostolescu p. 1680 figs. Pl 1, figs 4-6

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997

Rank	Name	Author
—	Hymenostraca	(Rolfe 1969)
superclass	Oligostraca	Zrzavý et al. 1997
class	Ostracoda
subclass	Podocopa	Sars 1865
order	Platycopida	Sars 1866
suborder	Platycopina	Sars 1866
superfamily	Cytherelloidea	Sars 1886
family	Cytherellidae	Sars 1866
genus	Cytherella	Jones 1849
species	sarakundaensis

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.

†Cytherella sarakundaensis Apostolescu 1963

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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:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindo

Created:

2010-02-05 01:56:31

Modified:

2011-06-14 02:59:51

Source: o = order, c = class

References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Cretaceous or 100.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous	100.5 - 66.0	Gambia	Cytherella sarakundaensis (209423)