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Paracypridinae

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Candonidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Paracyprididae Sars
1961Paracyprididae Benson et al. p. Q246
1968Paracypridinae Bertels
1969Paracypridinae Bertels
1973Paracyprididae Bertels
1975Paracyprididae Bertels p. 102
1985Paracyprididae Kozur p. 111
1993Paracyprididae Carreño and Cronin p. 152
2011Paracypridinae Babinot and Colin p. 753
2012Paracyprididae Carignano
2014Paracyprididae Forel p. 9
2017Paracyprididae Forel p. 43
2020Paracypridinae Mennad et al. p. 8
2022Paracyprididae Forel
2022Paracypridinae Wang et al. p. 149

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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
suborderCypridocopinaJones 1901
superfamilyCypridoidea(Baird 1845)
familyCandonidaeKaufmann 1900
familyParacypridinae(Sars 1923)
familyParacypridinae(Sars 1923)

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. Paracypridinae Sars 1923
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G. †Aglaiocypris Sylvester-Bradley 1947
G. †Electrocypria Wang et al. 2022
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†Electrocypria burmitei Wang et al. 2022
G. Paracypris Sars 1866
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†Paracypris aculeata Guan 1985
†Paracypris bertelsae Ceolin et al. 2015
†Paracypris eniotmetos Nicolaidis and Piovesan 2013
†Paracypris franquesi Howe and Chambers 1935
†Paracypris gaetanii Crasquin-Soleau 2006
†Paracypris imaguncula Ceolin et al. 2015
†Paracypris jaguelensis Bertels 1975
†Paracypris jinyaensis Crasquin-Soleau 2006
†Paracypris jonesi Bonnema 1940
†Paracypris levis Kuznetsova 1961
†Paracypris meridionalis Lubimova and Mohan 1960
†Paracypris oanaella Forel 2017
†Paracypris perapiculata Alexander 1934
†Paracypris polita Sars 1866
†Paracypris redcarensis Blake 1876
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Invalid names: Paracypris procerus Blaszyk 1967 [synonym]
†Paracypris rosefieldensis Howe and Law 1936
†Paracypris scalaris Wei 1981
†Paracypris semidisca Drexler 1958
†Paracypris tabulasaxensis Kristan-Tollmann 1991
†Paracypris vietnamensis Tanaka and Komatsu 2014
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†Phlyctenophora farkasi Zalanyi 1913
Tr. Renaudcypridini McKenzie 1980
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G. †Myanmarcypris Wang et al. 2020
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†Myanmarcypris hui Wang et al. 2020
G. †Spinocypris Kozur 1971
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†Spinocypris vulgaris Kozur 1971
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Invalid names: Spinocypris nepalensis Kozur 1971 [synonym]
Tr. Thalassocypridini Hartmann and Puri 1974
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G. Paracypria Sars 1910
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: freshwatersuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 09:59:44
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:59:44
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Zanclean or 283.30000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 266.9 Ma

Collections (388 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian - Roadian283.3 - 266.9Thailand Spinocypris sp. (164537)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) Paracypris sp. 1 (132518) Paracypris sp. 2, Paracypris sp. 3, Spinocypris sp. 2 (132519) Paracypris sp. 4 (132517) Spinocypris sp. 1 (132520) Spinocypris sp. 2, Paracypris gaetanii (95649)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Iran Paracypris gaetanii (125568 220254 220258) Paracypris sp. 1 (220237) Paracypris sp. 2 (220247 220249) Spinocypris sp. 1 (168923)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guangxi) Paracypris sp. 1, Paracypris gaetanii (106639)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Zhejiang) Paracypris gaetanii (116319) Paracypris sp. 1 (116318) Paracypris sp. 2 (116325)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Iran Paracypris gaetanii (168933 168934 168935 168938 168950 220260 220267)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Türkiye Paracypris gaetanii (169057 169067 169068 169071 169072 169076 169079 169086 169089 169090 169091 169093 169094) Paracypris sp. 1 (169056) Paracypris sp. 1, Paracypris gaetanii (169092)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Italy Paracypris gaetanii (87169) Paracypris sp. 1 (87168)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Saudi Arabia Spinocypris sp. 1 (87279)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guizhou) Paracypris gaetanii (132525 132526 132527 132528 132529 132530 132531 132532 132533) Paracypris sp. 5 (132536 132537) Paracypris sp. 5, Paracypris gaetanii (132534)
Induan251.902 - 249.9China (Sichuan) Paracypris sp. (45895 47904)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1China (Guangxi) Paracypris jinyaensis (106635 106647)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Serbia Paracypris krivipotokensis (165444 165445)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1Vietnam Paracypris sp. A, Paracypris sp. B, Paracypris sp. C, Paracypris vietnamensis (155535)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Romania Spinocypris vulgaris (154985)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7China (Sichuan) Paracypris scalaris (120633)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7China (Guangxi) Paracypris jinyaensis (106638) Spinocypris sp. 1 (106643) Spinocypris vulgaris, Paracypris jinyaensis (106646)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7China (Xizang) Spinocypris vulgaris (112032)
Spathian - Anisian248.1 - 241.464Israel Paracypris sp. (156819 156820 156821 156822 156823 156824 156825 156826 156887 156888 156889 156890 156891 156892 156894 156895 156897)
Aegean246.7 - 244.99Romania Paracypris sp., Spinocypris vulgaris (154989 154997) Spinocypris vulgaris (154986 154987 154988 154990 154993 154994 154995 154996 154998 154999 155000 155001 155002 155003)