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Brachycythere russelli

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Taxonomy
Brachycythere russelli was named by Howe and Law (1936) [authors: Howe and Lea]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is HVH Locality 217, which is in an Oligocene 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
1936Brachycythere russelli Howe and Law p. 41 figs. Plate II, figure 30,31; Plate III, figure 23-25
1936Brachycythere russelli Howe and Lea p. 41 figs. Plate II, figure 30,31; Plate III, figure 23-25

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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
speciesrusselli

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 russelli Howe and Law 1936
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Diagnosis
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