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Cypridopsis elachistos

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cyprididae

Taxonomy
Cypridopsis elachistos was named by Whatley et al. (2002). Its type specimen is RUSB 6137, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 0.5 km west of Mohgaon-Kalan, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial shale in India.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. okeechobei, C. vidua

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Cypridopsis elachistos Whatley et al. p. 109

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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)
familyCyprididaeBaird 1845
genusCypridopsisBrady 1868
specieselachistos

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.

†Cypridopsis elachistos Whatley et al. 2002
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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, Bush and Bambach 2015, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Cypridopsis elachistos (type locality: 222692)