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Heterocypris

Ostracoda

Taxonomy
Heterocypris was named by Claus (1893). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cypridinae by Benson et al. (1961); and to Ostracoda by Karrow et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Heterocypris Claus
1961Heterocypris Benson et al. p. Q221
2007Heterocypris Karrow et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
RankNameAuthor
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassOligostracaZrzavý et al. 1997
classOstracoda
genusHeterocyprisClaus 1893

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. Heterocypris Claus 1893
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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: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-04 06:54:01
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:59:32
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Coniacian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 89.30000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Austria (Upper Austria) H. sp. (224482)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Uganda H. sp. (192070)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Turkey (Yalova) H. salina (184470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) H. incongruens (174230) H. sp. (174229)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) H. sp. (20273)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.126 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) H. sp. (191127)