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Aleisocythereis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

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Derivation of name. From the Gr. akerm, aleison, a cup; plus jheqe, cythereis, a common ending for cytheroid Ostracoda. With reference to the fact that many of the reticular cells in this genus contain a cup-like structure, the rims of which abut against the muri and which covers the entire solae.

Taxonomy
Aleisocythereis was named by Ceolin et al. (2015).

It was assigned to Trachyleberidinae by Ceolin et al. (2015); and to Trachyleberididae by Ceolin et al. (2024).

Species
A. polikothonus
Species lacking formal opinion data
A. picnus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Aleisocythereis Ceolin et al.
2024Aleisocythereis 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
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyTrachyleberididaeSylvester-Bradley 1948
subfamilyTrachyleberidinaeBradley 1948
genusAleisocythereis

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.

G. †Aleisocythereis Ceolin et al. 2015
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†Aleisocythereis polikothonus Ceolin et al. 2015
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: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) A. polykothonus (231295)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) A. picnus (234203 234206 234208 234209 234214 234216 234217)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) A. polikothonus (231993 231994 231995 231996 231997)