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Leguminocythereis isobopaensis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Leguminocythereidae

Taxonomy
Leguminocythereis isobopaensis was named by Carbonnel and Johnson (1989). Its type specimen is FSL 136430, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is W8 well, 25 m depth, which is in a Thanetian carbonate limestone in Togo.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. dinglei, L. elongata, L. striatopunctata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Leguminocythereis isobopaensis Carbonnel and Johnson p. 419 figs. Pl 3, fig 8

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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
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
superfamilyCytheraceaBaird 1850
familyLeguminocythereidaeHowe 1961
genusLeguminocythereis
speciesisobopaensis

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.

†Leguminocythereis isobopaensis 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: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: Thanetian or 59.24000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Togo Leguminocythereis isobopaensis (type locality: 241137)