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Cushmanidea

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Cytherideis Ulrich and Bassler p. 125
1961Cushmanidea Benson et al. p. Q290
2002Cushmanidea Sepkoski
2002Pontocythere 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)
familyCytherideidaeSars 1925
subfamilyNeocytherideidinaePaul 1957
genusCushmanidea

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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†Cushmanidea elongata Brady 1868
Invalid names: Cytherideis Jones [synonym], Pontocythere [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marine, brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:09:10
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:09:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India C. tewarii (145445)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Cytherideis gosportensis, Cytherideis perforata, Cytherideis alta (94040)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Alabama) C. keyserensis, C. papula (94155) C. keyserensis, C. papula, C. serangodes (94153 94154 94156 94157)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) Pontocythere hedleyi (161903)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Puerto Rico C. howei (94192 94193 94194 94195 94196 94198)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (Louisiana) Pontocythere sp. (44521)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Puerto Rico C. howei (94200 94201 94203)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Turkey C. elongata (206197)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Mexico (Veracruz) C. ashermani (37334)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Venezuela Cytherideis howei (93927 93928)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Poland Pontocythere curvata (138846 138847 138851)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Belgium (Antwerpen) Pontocythere lithodomoides (48092)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Cytherideis ashermani, Cytherideis subaequalis, Cytherideis echolsae, Cytherideis rugipustulosa, Cytherideis agricola (191407)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) Pontocythere elongata (122994)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) C. seminuda, Pontocythere i, Pontocythere g, Pontocythere j, Pontocythere d (52582)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Pontocythere turbida, Pontocythere elongata (56806)