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Procythereis

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Hemicytheridae

Taxonomy
Procythereis is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Procythereis Benson et al. p. Q306
2002Procythereis 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
familyHemicytheridae(Puri 1953)
genusProcythereis

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 Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 28.40000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda P. sp. (94184)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Puerto Rico P. laresensis (94193 94194 94195 94196 94198)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Cuba (Sancti Spiritus) P. deformis (31183)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Puerto Rico P. deformis (94199 94200 94201 94202 94203 94204)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Puerto Rico P. deformis (94205)