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Haplocytheridea variopunctata

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae

Taxonomy

Haplocytheridea variopunctata was named by Nogueira et al. (2011). Its type specimen is MPEG-74-M and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

H. curta, H. hazzardi, H. helvetica, H. perarcuata, H. retifera, H. trepta

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2011	Haplocytheridea variopunctata Nogueira et al. pp. 224-226 figs. Plate 5 Figs. 1–12

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Hymenostraca	(Rolfe 1969)

Rank	Name	Author
superclass	Oligostraca	Zrzavý et al. 1997
class	Ostracoda
subclass	Podocopa	Sars 1865
order	Podocopida	Sars 1866
suborder	Sigilliocopina	Martens 1992
superfamily	Cytheroidea	(Baird 1850)
family	Cytherideidae	Sars 1925
subfamily	Cytherideinae	Sars 1925
tribe	Haplocytherideini	Kollmann 1958
genus	Haplocytheridea
species	variopunctata

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.

†Haplocytheridea variopunctata Nogueira et al. 2011

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Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
A. A. E. Nogueira et al. 2011	Carapace medium sized and subtriangular. Dorsal margin with angular arch. Ventral margin subtly convex in anterior half. Anterior margin broadly rounded, slightly flattened and denticulated. Posterior margin more pronounced in males than in females. Surface has pits irregularly and weak linear depressions in LV.

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitec

Environment:

marine, brackish, freshwaterf

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

detritivoreo

Diet 2:

grazero

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2017-04-17 10:09:10

Modified:

2017-04-17 10:09:30

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class

References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (18 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	Brazil (Para)	Haplocytheridea variopunctata (235580 235673 235675 235677 235679 235680 235681 235682 235683 235684 235686 235687 235688 235689 235690 235691 235692 235699)