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Leptocythere

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Leptocytheridae

Taxonomy
Leptocythere is a genus. It is extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Leptocythere Benson et al. p. Q309
2002Leptocythere Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
superfamilyCytheraceaBaird 1850
familyLeptocytheridaeHanai 1957
genusLeptocythere

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: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 15.97000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Turkey L. sp. (206195 206230)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Croatia L. tenuis (68213)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Poland L. foveolata (138841 138846 138849 138850)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Austria L. parallela (73299)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece L. sp. (138336)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Croatia L. paralella (68219 68221)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Georgia L. petesa (45928)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6New Zealand L. murrayana (73307)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) L. nikravshae, L. e, L. f (52582)