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Cytherelloidea williamsonia

Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cytherellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Cythere (Cytherella) williamsoniana Jones
1891Cytherella williamsonia Böhm p. 45 figs. Pl 1, fig 9
1989Cytherelloidea williamsonia Carbonnel and Johnson p. 417

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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
orderPlatycopidaSars 1866
suborderPlatycopinaSars 1866
superfamilyCytherelloideaSars 1886
familyCytherellidaeSars 1866
genusCytherelloideaAlexander 1929
specieswilliamsonia(Jones 1849)

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.

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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: suspension feedero
Vision: blindo
Created: 2010-02-05 01:56:31
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:59:51
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Thanetian or 83.60000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Germany Cytherella williamsonia (221906)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Togo Cytherelloidea williamsonia (241130 241138)