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Thaerocytherinae

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Hemicytheridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Thaerocytherini Hazel
1969Thaerocytherinae Bertels p. 274
1971Thaerocytherinae Hazel and Holden p. 2
1975Thaerocytherinae Bertels p. 112
1983Thaerocytherini Hazel p. 99
1993Thaerocytherini Carreño and Cronin p. 146
2005Thaerocytherinae Liebau

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
superfamilyTrachyleberidoideaLiebau 2005
familyHemicytheridae(Puri 1953)
subfamilyThaerocytherinae(Hazel 1967)
subfamilyThaerocytherinae(Hazel 1967)

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. †Thaerocytherinae Hazel 1967
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G. Hermanites Puri 1955
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†Hermanites ascitus Hazel 1983
†Hermanites batequensis Carreño and Cronin 1993
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†Jugosocythereis bermejoensis Carreño and Cronin 1993
†Jugosocythereis monrealensis Carreño and Cronin 1993
G. Poseidonamicus Benson 1972
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†Poseidonamicus major Benson 1972
Poseidonamicus miocenicus Benson and Peypouquet 1983
†Poseidonamicus norrisi Yamaguchi et al. 2017
Poseidonamicus panopsus Whatley and Dingle 1989
Poseidonamicus pseudorobustus Coles and Whatley 1989
Poseidonamicus riograndensis Benson and Peypouquet 1983
G. Thaerocythere Hazel 1967
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G. †Tongacythere Hazel and Holden 1971
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†Tongacythere kondoi Hazel and Holden 1971
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Zanclean or 113.20000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian - Cenomanian113.2 - 93.9Argentina (Santa Cruz) Hermanites sp. (234986)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Saudi Arabia Hermanites sp. (184843)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Neuquén) Hermanites huantraicoensis (232031)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Trinidad and Tobago Hermanites collei (94013 94014 94021) Hermanites collei, Hermanites grimsdalei (94012 94018)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Missouri) Hermanites gibsoni (232027) Hermanites gibsoni, Hermanites hadropleura (232028) Hermanites midwayensis (232025) Hermanites plusculmensis (232057)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03India Hermanites wadiai (145445)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Mexico (Baja California Sur) Hermanites batequensis, Jugosocythereis bermejoensis (201740) Jugosocythereis monrealensis (201739)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) Hermanites briggsi (161903)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Hermanites dohmi (94154) Hermanites dohmi, Hermanites hysonensis (94153 94155 94157) Hermanites hysonensis (94156)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Tonga Jugosocythereis sp., Tongacythere kondoi (43006)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Libya Hermanites sp. (77237)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Puerto Rico Jugosocythereis spinosa (94187 94188 94189 94190 94191)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mexico (Veracruz) Hermanites sp., Jugosocythereis vicksburgensis (94173) Jugosocythereis vicksburgensis (94166)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Italy (Calabria) Hermanites sp. (9116 9117)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (North Carolina) Hermanites sp. (86499)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Puerto Rico Hermanites tschoppi, Jugosocythereis vicksburgensis, Jugosocythereis laresensis (94196 94197 94198) Hermanites tschoppi, Jugosocythereis vicksburgensis, Jugosocythereis spinosa (94194) Jugosocythereis spinosa (94193) Jugosocythereis vicksburgensis (94192) Jugosocythereis vicksburgensis, Jugosocythereis laresensis (94195)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Antigua and Barbuda Hermanites paijenborchiana (94181) Hermanites paijenborchiana, Hermanites sp., Jugosocythereis vicksburgensis (94185) Jugosocythereis vicksburgensis (94183)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (Louisiana) Jugosocythereis sp. (44521)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Puerto Rico Hermanites hutchisoni (94200) Jugosocythereis vicksburgensis (94204)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98India (Gujarat) Hermanites haidingeri (93899)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82South Africa (North Cape) Hermanites sp. (37494)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Poland Hermanites haidingeri (70539)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Belgium (Antwerpen) Hermanites excancellata, Thaerocythere sp. (48092)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6North Atlantic Poseidonamicus major (201875) Poseidonamicus multipunctata, Poseidonamicus major (201900) Poseidonamicus sp., Poseidonamicus major (201874)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Thaerocythere schmidtae, Thaerocythere carolinensis, Hermanites ascitus (52582)