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Brachycythere nanafaliana

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Taxonomy
Brachycythere nanafaliana was named by Howe and Garrett (1934) [authors: Howe and Pyeatte]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fort Jessup, which is in a Paleocene marginal marine horizon in Louisiana.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. asymmetrica, B. conformata, B. kugleri, B. laqueata, B. sapucariensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Brachycythere nanafaliana Howe and Garrett p. 48 figs. Plate III, figure 18; Plate IV, figure 1,3

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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
speciesnanafaliana

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 nanafaliana Howe and Garrett 1934
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Diagnosis
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