Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Cypris

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cyprididae

Taxonomy
Cypris was named by Müller (1776). It is extant. It is the type genus of Cyprididae, Cypridinae.

It was assigned to Aptera by Müller (1776); and to Cypridinae by Van Itterbeeck et al. (2007) and Martens and Savatenalinton (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1776Cypris Müller p. 198
2007Cypris Van Itterbeeck et al. p. 64
2011Cypris Martens and Savatenalinton

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—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
subfamilyCypridinaeBaird 1845
genusCypris

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.

G. Cypris Müller 1776
show all | hide all
†Cypris dashzevegi Khand 1976
†Cypris florissantensis Cockerell 1910
Cypris pubera Müller 1776
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: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Jurassic to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 201.40000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 174.7 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Italy (Trento) C. rotzoana (232110)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Indonesia (Timor) C. sp. (205667)
Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (45330)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (77058)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5Spain (Castilla y Leon) C. sp. (64406)
Valanginian - Hauterivian139.8 - 129.4Brazil (Bahia) C. conculcata, C. montserratensis, C. allportiana, C. sp. (51911)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) C. sp. 1, C. sp. 2 (74527)
Gashatan58.7 - 55.8China (Nei Mongol) C. dashzevegi (71076)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) C. florissantensis (123119)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (40268)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Kenya C. sp. (21511)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya C. sp. (21418)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya C. sp. (21462 21495)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Portugal (Algarve) C. pubera (40985)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya C. sp. (21368)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) C. pubera (163070 163075)