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Cytherella saraballentae

Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cytherellidae

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LSID. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:096CC30C-C216-4E20-BFE3-D0FEACAAE9AC Derivation of name. In honour of the late Dr Sara Ballent for her great contribution to the study of Ostracoda, and in particular to those of the Jurassic and Cretaceous of the Neuquen Basin, Argentina.

Taxonomy
Cytherella saraballentae was named by Ceolin et al. (2015). Its type specimen is LM-FCEN 3232, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro Azul CA 23, which is in a Danian marine siltstone in the Jagüel Formation of Argentina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. acuta, C. algeriana, C. austinensis, C. bayrichi, C. certissima, C. cingulata, C. circumpunctata, C. collapsa, C. comanchensis, C. compressa, C. dissimilis, C. elegans, C. fimbricinctus, C. flacherensis, C. fragilis, C. gamardensis, C. gracilis, C. guasarensis, C. hemipuncta, C. inaequalis, C. inaequata, C. index, C. krimensis, C. lata, C. lebanonensis, C. levisulcata, C. limpida, C. londinensis, C. lubimovae, C. mediocalva, C. meijeri, C. muensteri, C. obscura, C. oertlii, C. ovata, C. parallela, C. paranitida, C. pilicae, C. polita, C. postdenticulata, C. praecadomensis, C. praetoarcensis, C. pulchra, C. punctata, C. reticuloornata, C. russoi, C. scutulum, C. speetonensis, C. suprajurassica, C. texana, C. vandenboldi, C. vanveenae, C. vulgatella, C. woltersdorfi, C. valida, C. gantensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Cytherella saraballentae Ceolin et al.
2021Cytherella saraballentae Pérez Pincheira and di Pasquo
2024Cytherella saraballentae Ceolin et al.

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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
orderPlatycopidaSars 1866
suborderPlatycopinaSars 1866
superfamilyCytherelloideaSars 1886
familyCytherellidaeSars 1866
genusCytherellaJones 1849
speciessaraballentae

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.

†Cytherella saraballentae Ceolin et al. 2015
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. Ceolin et al. 2015A species of Cytherella, punctate over most of the valve in most specimens with a large smooth area mid-dorsally and centrally. A deep linear depression occurs between the two valves dorsally.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: suspension feedero
Vision: blindo
Created: 2010-02-05 01:56:31
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:59:51
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Danian or 72.20000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) Cytherella saraballentae (231993 231998)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Neuquén) Cytherella saraballentae (231999 232000 232001 232002 type locality: 232003 232004 232005 232006 232007 232009 235470)