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Afrocytheridea

Ostracoda - Podocopida

Taxonomy
Afrocytheridea is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Afrocytheridea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
genusAfrocytheridea

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: 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: base of the Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 166.10000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Saudi Arabia A. faveolata (45548 47851 47867 47873 47876 47900 47903 48518 48519 48520 48586 48594 48595)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Saudi Arabia A. faveolata (45906 45910 46010 46296 46301)