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Tanycythere praecaudata

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bythocytheridae

Taxonomy
Tanycythere praecaudata was named by Cabral et al. (2014). It is not extant. Its type specimen is SMF Xe 23067. Its type locality is OU-179-M, which is in a Sinemurian marine horizon in the Agua de Madeiros Formation of Portugal.

Subspecies
T. parallela, T. praecaudata (type subspecies)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Tanycythere praecaudata Cabral et al. p. 521 figs. 1.16-1.22, 2.1-2.6

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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
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyBythocytheridaeSars 1928
genusTanycythere
speciespraecaudata

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.

†Tanycythere praecaudata Cabral et al. 2014
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†Tanycythere praecaudata parallela Cabral et al. 2014
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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: 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: Sinemurian or 199.50000 to 192.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Portugal Tanycythere praecaudata (type locality: 216857 216858)