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Leguminocythereidini

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Hemicytheridae

Taxonomy
Leguminocythereidini was named by Howe (1961).

It was assigned to Campylocytherinae by Hazel (1983), Carreño and Cronin (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Leguminocythereidini Howe
1983Leguminocythereidini Hazel p. 99
1993Leguminocythereidini Carreño and Cronin p. 151

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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
superfamilyTrachyleberidoideaLiebau 2005
familyHemicytheridae(Puri 1953)
subfamilyCampylocytherinaePuri 1960
tribeLeguminocythereidiniHowe 1961
tribeLeguminocythereidiniHowe 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.

Tr. †Leguminocythereidini Howe 1961
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G. Bensonocythere Hazel 1967
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†Bensonocythere bradyi Hazel 1983
†Bensonocythere rugosa Hazel 1983
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 Bartonian to the top of the Zanclean or 41.03000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (North Carolina) Triginglymus sp. (60452)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Triginglymus hyperochus (94040)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Triginglymus gnythophoreus (94153 94154 94155 94156 94157)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Bensonocythere calverti, Bensonocythere trapezoidalis, Bensonocythere whitei, Bensonocythere m, Bensonocythere oo, Bensonocythere pp, Bensonocythere qq, Bensonocythere rr, Bensonocythere bradyi, Bensonocythere blackwelderi, Bensonocythere gouldensis, Bensonocythere ricespitensis, Bensonocythere rugosa (52582)