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Otocythere

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheruridae

Taxonomy
Otocythere is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Otocythere Benson et al. p. Q297
2002Otocythere 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)
familyCytheruridaeMüller 1894
genusOtocythere

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: Toarcian or 182.70000 to 174.10000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Portugal O. callosa (33485)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Spain (Castilla y Leon) O. callosa (78216)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Germany O. callosa (59433)
Levesquei182.0 - 175.6Germany O. callosa (59428 59430 59431 59434)
Levesquei182.0 - 175.6Portugal O. callosa (33486)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Germany O. callosa (59437 59438 59439 59441 59443 59444 59445 59447 59448 59449 59450 59451 59452 59453 59454 59455 59456)
Thouarsense180.1 - 175.6United Kingdom (Somerset) O. callosa (33350 33351)
Early/Lower Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Germany O. callosa (59457 59458 59460 59462 59464 59475 59477)