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Cytheropterinae

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheruridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Cytheropterinae Hanai
1971Cytheropterinae Hazel and Holden p. 5
1987Cytheropterinae Blaszyk p. 74
2011Cytheropterinae Babinot and Colin p. 748

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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
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyCytheruridaeMüller 1894
subfamilyCytheropterinaeHanai 1957
subfamilyCytheropterinaeHanai 1957

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. Cytheropterinae Hanai 1957
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†Aversovalva glochinos Ceolin et al. 2015
G. Eocytheropteron Alexander 1933
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†Eocytheropteron fiski Howe and Law 1936
†Eocytheropteron sabinensis Howe and Garrett 1934
†Eocytheropteron spurgeonae Howe and Chambers 1935
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†Hemingwayella verrucosus Ceolin et al. 2015
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†Hemiparacytheridea condilomata Ceolin et al. 2024
G. Oculocytheropteron Bate 1972
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†Semicytherura robusta Bonaduce et al. 1976
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 Late/Upper Bajocian to the top of the Holocene or 171.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 167.7 Ma

Collections (101 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Russian Federation (Karachay-Cherkessia) Eocytheropteron sp. (198645) Eocytheropteron sp. 1 (198696) Eocytheropteron sp., Eocytheropteron sp. 1 (198673)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Eocytheropteron sp. (61723)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Portugal Eocytheropteron sp. (65670)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Portugal Eocytheropteron sp. (65742 65855)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Drôme) Eocytheropteron sp., Hemiparacytheridea sp., Semicytherura sp. (75576)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Portugal Eocytheropteron sp. (73166 73354 73356 73524)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Portugal Eocytheropteron sp. (73502)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Portugal Eocytheropteron sp. (73510 73525 73547 73554 73564)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Tunisia Eocytheropteron glintzboeckeli, Eocytheropteron peroni (56812)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Tunisia Eocytheropteron glintzboeckeli, Eocytheropteron peroni (56813)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Tunisia Eocytheropteron glintzboeckeli (56816) Eocytheropteron glintzboeckeli, Eocytheropteron peroni, Eocytheropteron kokhavensis (56817)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Alabama) Eocytheropteron mutafoveata (93949 93951 93952)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Antarctica Eocytheropteron carinoalatum (93956 93957 93959 93960 93967 93968)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) Hemiparacytheridea sp. (231998) Pedicythere sp., Hemiparacytheridea sp. (231995) Semicytherura sp. 3, Aversovalva glochinos (231994)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) Cytherura argentinensis (93947)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Hemiparacytheridea condilomata (234216)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Hemingwayella intensosulcata, Semicytherura sp. (231295)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Río Negro) Semicytherura sp. (234218 234220 234223 234224 234225 234227 234230)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Neuquén) Aversovalva glochinos (232000) Semicytherura sp. (232006 232014) Semicytherura sp. 3 (232015) Semicytherura sp. 3, Semicytherura sp. (232009) Semicytherura sp. 3, Semicytherura sp., Aversovalva glochinos, Hemingwayella verrucosus (232002) Semicytherura sp. 3, Semicytherura sp., Aversovalva glochinos, Semicytherura argentinensis (231999)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Eocytheropteron spurgeonae (191912 191913 191914)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Texas) Eocytheropteron sabinensis (191405)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Eocytheropteron spurgeonae (191999 192002 192006)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) Aversovalva aurea, Aversovalva sp., Pedicythere australis, Semicytherura coeca, Semicytherura okinawesnsis, Semicytherura eocenica, Semicytherura sp. 1, Semicytherura sp. 2, Oculocytheropteron abyssorum, Oculocytheropteron improbum, Oculocytheropteron microfornix, Oculocytheropteron paratinctum, Oculocytheropteron waihaoensis (161903)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Eocytheropteron sp. (95898)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Alabama) Eocytheropteron spurgeonae (191978 191979)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Antarctica Oculocytheropteron lowheadensis (94113 94114) Oculocytheropteron lowheadensis, Oculocytheropteron sp. (94116) Oculocytheropteron rakusai, Oculocytheropteron lowheadensis (94115)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44South Africa (North Cape) Hemingwayella sp., Semicytherura sp. (37451)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy (Sardinia) Semicytherura alifera, Semicytherura sp. (93944) Semicytherura alifera, Semicytherura velata (93943)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82South Africa (North Cape) Semicytherura sp. (37494)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Poland Hemiparacytheridea tuber, Semicytherura aviculaecaput, Semicytherura furcilla, Semicytherura galea, Semicytherura quadridentata, Semicytherura slavonica, Semicytherura ventroconvexa, Semicytherura gerdi, Semicytherura bifurca, Semicytherura resecta (138841) Hemiparacytheridea tuber, Semicytherura aviculaecaput, Semicytherura galea, Semicytherura quadridentata, Semicytherura slavonica, Semicytherura ventroconvexa, Semicytherura gerdi, Semicytherura bifurca, Semicytherura resecta (138850) Hemiparacytheridea tuber, Semicytherura aviculaecaput, Semicytherura galea, Semicytherura slavonica, Semicytherura gerdi, Semicytherura bifurca, Semicytherura resecta (138849) Semicytherura aviculaecaput, Semicytherura galea, Semicytherura gerdi, Semicytherura bifurca, Semicytherura resecta (138858) Semicytherura aviculaecaput, Semicytherura galea, Semicytherura quadridentata, Semicytherura gerdi, Semicytherura bifurca, Semicytherura resecta (138852) Semicytherura aviculaecaput, Semicytherura galea, Semicytherura quadridentata, Semicytherura sella, Semicytherura slavonica, Semicytherura ventroconvexa, Semicytherura gerdi, Semicytherura bifurca, Semicytherura resecta (138848) Semicytherura aviculaecaput, Semicytherura galea, Semicytherura quadridentata, Semicytherura slavonica, Semicytherura ventroconvexa, Semicytherura gerdi, Semicytherura bifurca, Semicytherura resecta (138846) Semicytherura aviculaecaput, Semicytherura galea, Semicytherura quadridentata, Semicytherura xscripta, Semicytherura gerdi, Semicytherura bifurca, Semicytherura resecta (138847) Semicytherura aviculaecaput, Semicytherura galea, Semicytherura ventroconvexa, Semicytherura gerdi, Semicytherura bifurca, Semicytherura resecta (138851) Semicytherura aviculaecaput, Semicytherura gerdi, Semicytherura bifurca, Semicytherura resecta (138844 138857 138859) Semicytherura aviculaecaput, Semicytherura quadridentata, Semicytherura gerdi, Semicytherura bifurca, Semicytherura resecta (138843) Semicytherura galea (138842) Semicytherura galea, Semicytherura simplex (138855)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Semicytherura raulini (138332 138334 138335 138429 138431) Semicytherura raulini, Semicytherura sanmarinensis (138424 138428 138576 138578) Semicytherura sanmarinensis (138579) Semicytherura spratti, Semicytherura alifera, Semicytherura sp.2, Semicytherura sp.3, Semicytherura sp.4 (138333)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Eocytheropteron yorktownensis (191407)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Gujarat) Semicytherura robusta (80599)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Semicytherura incongruens (56803) Semicytherura sulcata (56806)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India Semicytherura sp. (76319)