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Actinocythereis indigena

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Taxonomy
Actinocythereis indigena was named by Bertels (1969). Its type specimen is FCEN-LM 248, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Huantraico (CP-6), which is in a Danian marine limestone in the Roca Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Actinocythereis indigena Bertels p. 262 figs. 1a-c
1973Actinocythereis indigena Bertels
2024Actinocythereis indigena 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
genusActinocythereisPuri 1953
speciesindigena

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.

†Actinocythereis indigena Bertels 1969
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Bertels 1969Species of the genus Actinacythereis with shell in subtrapezoidal lateral view, ornamented with tubercles arranged in three longitudinal rows, of which the ventral one is upward.
A. Bertels 1973A species of the genus Actinocythereis ornamented by three longitudinal rows of nodes, of wich the ventral row is the continuation of a marginal one and follows a line ascendent toward the posterior region.
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: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Argentina (Rio Negro) Actinocythereis indigena (236521)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Neuquén) Actinocythereis indigena (231999 232000 232001 232002 232003 232004 232005 232006 232007 232008 232009 232015 type locality: 232031)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Río Negro) Actinocythereis indigena (220768)