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Tanycythere wattonensis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bythocytheridae

Taxonomy
Tanycythere wattonensis was named by Cabral et al. (2014). It is not extant. Its type specimen is SMF Xe 23081. Its type locality is 20 m below Boueti Bed, which is in a Bathonian marine horizon in the Frome Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Tanycythere wattonensis Cabral et al. p. 523 figs. 3.1-3.7

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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
specieswattonensis

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 wattonensis 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: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom Tanycythere wattonensis (type locality: 216861)