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Actinocythereis howei

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Taxonomy
Actinocythereis howei was named by Marianos and Valentine (1958). Its type specimen is CAS 10481 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fig Tree Gulch, Marysville Buttes, which is in an Eocene/Eocene marine claystone in the Capay Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Actinocythereis howei Marianos and Valentine pp. 370 - 372 figs. Plate 2, figures la-b, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—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
genusActinocythereisPuri 1953
specieshowei

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.

†Actinocythereis howei Marianos and Valentine 1958
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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: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Middle Eocene or 55.80000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71USA (California) Actinocythereis howei (type locality: 218150)