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Lophocythere (Fastigatocythere)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheridae

Taxonomy
Fastigatocythere was named by Wienholz (1967).

It was reranked as Lophocythere (Fastigatocythere) by Brandão et al. (2025).

It was assigned to Lophocythere by Brandão et al. (2025).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2025Lophocythere (Fastigatocythere) Brandão et al. p. 771383

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyCytheridaeBaird 1850
subfamilyProgonocytherinaeSylvester-Bradley 1948
genusLophocythere
subgenusFastigatocythere(Wienholz 1967)

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.

Subg. †Lophocythere (Fastigatocythere) Wienholz 1967
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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: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Middle Callovian or 170.90000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Saudi Arabia Fastigatocythere brentonensis (45270)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Madagascar Fastigatocythere malgachica (101703)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar Fastigatocythere befotakaensis (101717) Fastigatocythere falcula, Fastigatocythere trisulcata (101718)
Early/Lower Callovian - Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Madagascar Fastigatocythere falcula, Fastigatocythere bicruciata, Fastigatocythere trisulcata, Fastigatocythere sp. 1, Fastigatocythere sp. (101719)