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Brachycythere plena

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Taxonomy
Brachycythere plena was named by Alexander (1934). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Station 7, right bank of Colorado River, which is in a Danian marginal marine claystone in the Kincaid Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Brachycythere plena Alexander p. 216 figs. Plate 33, fig. 6

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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
suborderSigilliocopinaMartens 1992
superfamilyCytheroidea(Baird 1850)
familyTrachyleberididaeSylvester-Bradley 1948
genusBrachycythere
speciesplena

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.

Brachycythere plena Alexander 1934
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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: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Brachycythere plena (type locality: 191248)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Missouri) Brachycythere plena (232025 232027 232028 232057)