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Cytherinae

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Cytherinae Baird
1958Cytherinae Marianos and Valentine p. 366
1969Cytherinae Bertels
1983Cytherinae Hazel p. 99
1993Cytherinae Carreño and Cronin p. 143
2011Cytherinae Babinot and Colin p. 742

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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
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyCytheridaeBaird 1850
subfamilyCytherinaeBaird 1850
subfamilyCytherinaeBaird 1850

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. †Cytherinae Baird 1850
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Tr. †Cytherini Baird 1850
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G. Microcytherura Muller 1894
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Microcytherura expanda Hazel 1983
Microcytherura minuta Hazel 1983
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Dolocythere arenosa Bosquet 1854
Dolocythere longa Gründel 1966
Tr. Paijenborchellini Deroo 1960
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G. †Paijenborchella Kingma 1948
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Paijenborchella mezquitalensis Carreño and Cronin 1993
Paijenborchella trigona Marianos and Valentine 1958
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 Sinemurian to the top of the Holocene or 199.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 192.9 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Spain (Castilla y Leon) Lophodentina crepidula (78214)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Wales) Lophodentina sp., Lophodentina sp. A (33492)
Sinemurian - Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2United Kingdom (Wales) Lophodentina striata (33493)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Saudi Arabia Lophodentina sp. (45904)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Drôme) Dolocythere sp. 2, Dolocythere sp. 1, Dolocythere sp. 4, Dolocythere longa (75576)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands Dolocythere arenosa (32179)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands Dolocythere arenosa (165094)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Pakistan (Sindh) Paijenborchella sp. 1 (94119)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71USA (California) Paijenborchella trigona (218150)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Mexico (Baja California Sur) Paijenborchella mezquitalensis (201740) Paijenborchella trigona (201739)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9India (S.W. Kutch) Paijenborchella sp. (13521)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) Microcytherura sp. 1, Microcytherura sp. 2 (161903)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Antarctica Paijenborchella sp. (94114)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45South Africa (North Cape) Paijenborchella disadunca, Paijenborchella iocosa (37451)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Poland Microcytherura dianae (138853) Microcytherura everriculum (138851 138855 138857 138858) Microcytherura everriculum, Microcytherura dianae (138841 138845 138846 138847 138848 138849 138850 138852)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Belgium (Antwerpen) Microcytherura broeckiana (48092)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Microcytherura choctawhatcheensis, Microcytherura similis, Microcytherura d, Microcytherura h, Microcytherura m, Microcytherura p, Microcytherura r, Microcytherura minuta, Microcytherura expanda (52582)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Gujarat) Paijenborchella sp. (80599)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India Paijenborchella sp. (76319)