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Ambocythere

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Taxonomy
Ambocythere is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Trachyleberididae by Benson et al. (1961); and to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Ambocythere Benson et al. p. Q335
2002Ambocythere Sepkoski

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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)
familyTrachyleberididaeSylvester-Bradley 1948
genusAmbocythere

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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Ambocythere ramosa van den Bold 1965
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 Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Zanclean or 33.90000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mexico (Veracruz) A. elongata (94168 94172) A. elongata, A. subreticulata (94169 94173)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Trinidad and Tobago A. sulcata (93911 93913)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6North Atlantic A. ramosa (201874 201900)