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Mediocyprinae

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cyprididae

Taxonomy
Mediocyprinae was named by Schneider (1960).

It was assigned to Cyprididae by Brandão et al. (2025).

Subtaxa
Mediocypris

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Mediocyprinae Schneider
2025Mediocyprinae Brandão et al. p. 1639419

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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
suborderCypridocopinaJones 1901
superfamilyCypridoidea(Baird 1845)
familyCyprididaeBaird 1845
subfamilyMediocyprinaeSchneider 1960
subfamilyMediocyprinaeSchneider 1960

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.

Subfm. †Mediocyprinae Schneider 1960
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G. †Mediocypris Schneider 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: freshwatersuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 09:59:44
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:59:44
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: MN 5 or 15.98000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Mediocypris candonaeformis (175727)