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Amicytheridea

Ostracoda

Taxonomy
Amicytheridea is a genus.

It was assigned to Ostracoda by Kiessling (2003).

Species lacking formal opinion data
A. dhrumaensis, A. oblonga

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Amicytheridea Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
genusAmicytheridea

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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: hypersaline, marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-04 06:54:01
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:59:32
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Callovian or 170.30000 to 163.50000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Saudi Arabia A. dhrumaensis (45266 45267 45268) A. dierallaensis (45265 48040 48041) A. sp. (48035)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Saudi Arabia A. dierallaensis (48309) A. sp. (48142) A. sp., A. dierallaensis, A. triangulata (48480)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Saudi Arabia A. dierallaensis (48520) A. dierallaensis, A. sp. (48501 48519) Amicytheridea indet. (47851) A. oblonga (48518) A. triangulata (48560)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar Fastigatocythere globosa, Fastigatocythere triangulata (101718)
Early/Lower Callovian - Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar Fastigatocythere triangulata (101719)