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Semicytherura argentinensis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheruridae

Taxonomy
Cytherura argentinensis was named by Bertels (1974). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Northern Cuchilla West Sample NCW-12, which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine claystone in the Jagüel Formation of Argentina.

It was recombined as Semicytherura argentinensis by Ceolin et al. (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Cytherura argentinensis Bertels
2015Semicytherura argentinensis Ceolin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
Life
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyCytheruridaeMüller 1894
subfamilyCytheropterinaeHanai 1957
genusSemicytherura
speciesargentinensis(Bertels 1974)

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Bertels 1974Cytherura with irregularly disposed riblets, although most of them follow a longitudinal pattern, and with small pits.