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Poseidonamicus

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Hemicytheridae

Taxonomy
Poseidonamicus was named by Benson (1972) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R]. It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Hunt (2007).

It was assigned to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Thaerocytherinae by Hunt (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Poseidonamicus Benson pp. 1-138
2002Poseidonamicus Sepkoski
2007Poseidonamicus Hunt p. 607

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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
superfamilyCytheraceaBaird 1850
familyHemicytheridae(Puri 1953)
subfamilyThaerocytherinae(Hazel 1967)
genusPoseidonamicusBenson 1972

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.

G. Poseidonamicus Benson 1972
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†Poseidonamicus major Benson 1972
Poseidonamicus miocenicus Benson and Peypouquet 1983
†Poseidonamicus norrisi Yamaguchi et al. 2017
Poseidonamicus panopsus Whatley and Dingle 1989
Poseidonamicus pseudorobustus Coles and Whatley 1989
Poseidonamicus riograndensis Benson and Peypouquet 1983
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Messinian to the top of the Zanclean or 7.24600 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6North Atlantic P. major (201875) P. multipunctata, P. major (201900) P. sp., P. major (201874)