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Mimicocythereis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

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Derivation of name. From L. mimicus (via. Gr. llko mimikos), separate from. With reference to the fact that although species belonging to this genus have been described as Bradleya Hornibrook, they were simply masquerading as that genus in that they differ fundamentally in a number of characters, especially in the CMS and belong to different families.

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

It was assigned to Trachyleberididae by Ceolin et al. (2024).

Species
M. attilai

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Mimicocythereis Ceolin et al.
2024Mimicocythereis 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
genusMimicocythereis

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. †Mimicocythereis Ceolin et al. 2015
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†Mimicocythereis attilai Bertels 1975
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 (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) M. attilai (231994 231995 231997)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquen) Bradleya attilai (236318)
Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Argentina (Rio Negro) M. attilai (236599 236601)