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Leguminocythereis exigua

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Leguminocythereidae

Taxonomy
Anticythereis exigua was named by Apostolescu (1961).

It was recombined as Afranticythereis exigua by Carbonnel and Johnson (1989); it was recombined as Leguminocythereis exigua by Carbonnel (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Anticythereis exigua Apostolescu
1989Afranticythereis exigua Carbonnel and Johnson p. 413
1998Leguminocythereis exigua Carbonnel p. 55 figs. Pl 3, fig 11

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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
speciesexigua(Apostolescu 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 exigua Apostolescu 1961
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-05 02:00:00
Modified: 2010-02-24 05:16:56
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Thanetian or 66.00000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24Benin Leguminocythereis exigua (241249)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Benin Leguminocythereis exigua (241255 241256)