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Tenedocythere

Ostracoda - Podocopida

Taxonomy
Tenedocythere is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
T. cruciata
Species lacking formal opinion data
T. mediterranea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Tenedocythere Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
subclassPodocopaSars 1865
orderPodocopidaSars 1866
genusTenedocythere

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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†Tenedocythere cruciata Bonaduce et al. 1986
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 Serravallian to the top of the Messinian or 13.82000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Poland T. sulcatopunctata (138849 138851 138858)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece T. cruciata (138312 138331 138332 138333 138334 138335 138336 138424 138425 138428 138429 138431 138443 138578 138579 138580 138581 138582 138583 138584)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco T. mediterranea (34723)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy T. sp. (69899)