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Propontocypris

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Pontocyprididae

Taxonomy
Propontocypris is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Pontocyprididae by Benson et al. (1961); to Pontocyprididae by Bertels (1968); and to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
P. declivis, P. herdmani, P. pirifera

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Propontocypris Benson et al. p. Q247
1968Propontocypris Bertels
2002Propontocypris 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
suborderCypridocopinaJones 1901
superfamilyPontocypridoideaMuller 1894
familyPontocyprididaeMueller 1894
genusPropontocypris

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: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Neuquén) P. sp. (232032)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Trinidad and Tobago P. sp. (94012 94013 94014 94018)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) P. herdmani (161903)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Puerto Rico P. sp. (94193 94194 94195)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda P. sp. (94178 94179 94180)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Trinidad and Tobago P. sp. (93911)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) P. attenuata (166365)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Poland P. declivis (138842 138845 138846 138848)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) P. d (52582)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic P. sp. (97552)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France P. pirifera (56803)