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Phlyctenophora

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Candonidae

Taxonomy
Phlyctenophora is a genus. It is extant.

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

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Phlyctenophora Benson et al. p. Q246
2002Phlyctenophora Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
Life
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
suborderCypridocopinaJones 1901
superfamilyCypridoidea(Baird 1845)
familyCandonidaeKaufmann 1900
familyParacypridinae(Sars 1923)
genusPhlyctenophora

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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Phlyctenophora farkasi Zalanyi 1913
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: freshwatersuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 09:59:44
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:59:44
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Sarmatian or 20.44000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy (Sardinia) P. arcuata (93943 93945)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland P. sp. (70539)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Poland P. affinis (138848 138851)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Austria P. arcuata (73299)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece P. farkasi (138312 138331 138332 138334 138335 138336 138337 138424 138428 138429 138443 138575 138576 138578 138579 138580 138581 138582 138584)