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Leguminocythereis senegalensis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Leguminocythereidae

Taxonomy
Leguminocythereis senegalensis was named by Apostolescu (1961).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Leguminocythereis senegalensis Apostolescu
1989Leguminocythereis senegalensis Carbonnel and Johnson p. 419

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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
speciessenegalensisApostolescu 1961

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 senegalensis Apostolescu 1961
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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: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Ypresian or 59.24000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Togo Leguminocythereis senegalensis (241128 241130 241142)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Benin Leguminocythereis senegalensis (241107)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Togo Leguminocythereis senegalensis (241162 241163 241167 241168)