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Schizocytherinae

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheridae

Taxonomy
Schizocytheridae was named by Howe (1961). It is extant. Its type is Schizocythere.

It was reranked as the subfamily Schizocytherinae by Liebau (2005).

It was assigned to Cytheracea by Benson et al. (1961), Bertels (1975); and to Cytheridae by Liebau (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Schizocytheridae Benson et al. p. Q331
1961Schizocytheridae Howe p. Q331
1975Schizocytheridae Bertels p. 129
2005Schizocytherinae Liebau

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyCytheridaeBaird 1850
subfamilySchizocytherinae(Howe 1961)
subfamilySchizocytherinae(Howe 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.

Subfm. Schizocytherinae Howe 1961
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G. †Amphicytherura Butler and Jones 1957
G. Neomonoceratina Kingma 1948
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†Neomonoceratina mouliana Sissingh 1972
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Holocene or 113.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 110.1 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Tunisia Amphicytherura antiqua, Amphicytherura ashqelonensis, Amphicytherura distincta (56812)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Tunisia Amphicytherura distincta (56813)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Tunisia Amphicytherura distincta (56814 56815 56817)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Tunisia Amphicytherura berbegurensis (161126)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Morocco Schizocythere tegeratus (94051)
Maastrichtian - Danian72.2 - 61.66Argentina (Rio Negro) Amphicytherura sp. (236601)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Indian Ocean Schizocythere sp. (201904 201913)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Indian Ocean Schizocythere sp. (201914)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Pakistan (Sindh) Schizocythere sp. 4, Schizocythere sp. 1, Schizocythere sp. 2, Schizocythere sp. 3, Schizocythere sp. 5 (94119)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan (Sindh) Schizocythere gujaratensis (94124 94126) Schizocythere gujaratensis, Schizocythere prolata, Schizocythere ventricosa, Schizocythere sp. 4 (94121)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Nigeria Paijenborchellina ijuensis (77257)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Hungary Schizocythere depressa (171632)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Türkiye Neomonoceratina mouliana (206196 206230 206231) Neomonoceratina mouliana, Neomonoceratina helvetica (206197)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece Neomonoceratina laskarevi (138331 138332 138334 138335 138336 138337 138424 138425 138428 138429 138431 138443 138575 138576 138578 138579 138580 138581 138582 138584)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Gujarat) Neomonoceratina sp. (80599)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India Neomonoceratina sp. (76319)