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Leguminocythereidae

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Leguminocythereidae

Taxonomy
Leguminocythereidae was named by Howe (1961). It is extant. Its type is Leguminocythereis.

It was assigned to Cytheracea by Benson et al. (1961).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Leguminocythereidae Benson et al. p. Q305
1961Leguminocythereidae Howe p. Q306

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
superfamilyCytheraceaBaird 1850
familyLeguminocythereidaeHowe 1961
familyLeguminocythereidaeHowe 1961

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. Leguminocythereidae Howe 1961
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†Campylocythere laeva Edwards 1944
†Campylocythere laevissima Edwards 1944
G. †Leguminocythereis Howe and Law 1936
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†Leguminocythereis cookei Howe and Law 1936
†Leguminocythereis scarabaeus Howe and Law 1936
†Leguminocythereis verrucosus Howe and Law 1936
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Richmondian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 449.60000 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 445.5 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Basslerites sp. (188770)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Indian Ocean Leguminocythereis sp. (201913)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Indian Ocean Leguminocythereis sp. (201914)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Nigeria Basslerites sp. (46260)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Nigeria (Imo) Basslerites sp. (42651 42655)
Early/Lower Eocene - Eocene55.8 - 33.9Nigeria Basslerites sp. (46246)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Leguminocythereis striatopunctata (41966)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Nigeria Basslerites abalidiegwuensis (60711 77257)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Acuticythereis cocoaensis (94153 94154 94155 94156 94157)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Libya Leguminocythereis sp. (77237)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mexico (Veracruz) Leguminocythereis sp. (94173)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Leguminocythereis sp. (95898)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Puerto Rico Basslerites sp. (94195)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (North Carolina) Leguminocythereis scarabaeus (86499)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44South Africa (North Cape) Leguminocythereis dinglei (37451)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Trinidad and Tobago Basslerites minutus (93913 93916 93917)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97South Africa (North Cape) Leguminocythereis dinglei (37487)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Venezuela Basslerites miocenicus (93920 93921 93922 93923 93926 93928 93930 93931 93932 93933 93935) Basslerites miocenicus, Leguminocythereis sp. (93927)
Middle Miocene - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Peru Leguminocythereis sp. (176144)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colón) Basslerites miocenicus (93909)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Basslerites sp. (138312 138336)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Leguminocythereis whitei, Campylocythere laevissima (191407)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Atlántico) Basslerites minutus (93906 93907)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Acuticythereis lavissima, Campylocythere laeva (52582)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Acuticythereis laevissima (41501)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Acuticythereis laevissima, Campylocythere sp. (41705)