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Cophinia

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae

Taxonomy
Cophinia was named by Apostolescu (1961).

It was assigned to Ostracoda by Apostolescu (1961); to Cytheridinae by Ballent (1980); and to Cytherideinae by Carignano and Ballent (2009) and Carignano (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Cophinia Apostolescu
1980Cophinia Ballent
2009Cophinia Carignano and Ballent
2012Cophinia Carignano

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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)
familyCytherideidaeSars 1925
subfamilyCytherideinaeSars 1925
genusCophiniaApostolescu 1961

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. †Cophinia Apostolescu 1961
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Cophinia alleniensis Ballent 1980
Cophinia incisa Apostolescu 1963
Cophinia pulvinata Apostolescu 1963
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: marine, brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:09:10
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:09:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Jell and Adrain 2002, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Gambia C. incisa, C. pulvinata (209423)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) C. allenienisis (231991 231992) C. alleniensis (231989 231990)