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Philoneptunus

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Taxonomy
Philoneptunus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002); to Trachyleberidinae by Ceolin et al. (2015); and to Trachyleberididae by Ceolin et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Philoneptunus Sepkoski
2015Philoneptunus Ceolin et al.
2024Philoneptunus Ceolin et al.

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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
subfamilyTrachyleberidinaeBradley 1948
genusPhiloneptunus

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 Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 72.10000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) P. sp. (231994)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) P. hornbrooki, P. reticulatus, P. sp. 6. (161903)