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Cytherella tumidosa

Ostracoda - Platycopida - Cytherellidae

Taxonomy
Cytherella tumidosa was named by Alexander (1934). It is not extant. Its type locality is Station 21, tributary of Tehuacana Creek, which is in a Danian/Selandian marginal marine claystone in the Wills Point Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Cytherella tumidosa Alexander p. 209 figs. Plate 32, fig. 1, 2, 5, 6; Plate 35, fig. 3, 4

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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
orderPlatycopidaSars 1866
suborderPlatycopinaSars 1866
superfamilyCytherelloideaSars 1886
familyCytherellidaeSars 1866
genusCytherellaJones 1849
speciestumidosa

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.

Cytherella tumidosa 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: suspension feedero
Vision: blindo
Created: 2010-02-05 01:56:31
Modified: 2011-06-14 02:59:51
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Selandian or 66.00000 to 59.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Texas) Cytherella tumidosa (type locality: 191450)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Missouri) Cytherella tumidosa (232025 232027 232028 232057)