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Asymmetricythere tertia

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Taxonomy
Asymmetricythere tertia was named by Carbonnel and Johnson (1989). Its type specimen is FSL 136124/2, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Well BR 13, 76 m depth, which is in an Eocene/Eocene carbonate limestone in Guinea-Bissau.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Asymmetricythere tertia Carbonnel and Johnson p. 414

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyTrachyleberididaeSylvester-Bradley 1948
subfamilyTrachyleberidinaeBradley 1948
genusAsymmetricythere
speciestertia

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.

†Asymmetricythere tertia Carbonnel and Johnson 1989
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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: Middle Eocene or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71Guinea-Bissau Asymmetricythere tertia (type locality: 241171)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Togo Asymmetricythere tertia (241146 241147)