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Loxoconchidae

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Loxoconchidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Loxoconchidae Sars
1973Loxoconchidae Bertels
1975Loxoconchidae Bertels p. 129
1983Loxoconchidae Hazel p. 100
1987Loxoconchidae Blaszyk p. 72
1993Loxoconchidae Carreño and Cronin p. 151
2022Loxoconchidae Wang et al. p. 163

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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)
familyLoxoconchidaeSars 1865
familyLoxoconchidaeSars 1865

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.

Fm. †Loxoconchidae Sars 1865
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G. Cytheromorpha Hirschmann 1909
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†Cytheromorpha incisa Hazel 1983
†Cytheromorpha ouachitaensis Howe and Chambers 1935
†Cytheromorpha rosefieldensis Howe and Law 1936
†Cytheromorpha scrobiculata Alexander 1934
†Cytheromorpha vicksburgensis Howe and Law 1936
†Cytheromorpha warneri Howe and Spurgeon 1935
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†Heinia prostratopleuricos Ceolin et al. 2015
G. Hirschmannia Elofson 1941
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†Hirschmannia hespera Hazel 1983
†Hirschmannia quadrata Hazel 1983
G. Loxocauda Schornikov 1969
G. Loxoconcha Sars 1866
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†Loxoconcha bairdi Mueller 1912
†Loxoconcha blanckenhorni Bassiouni and Luger 1990
†Loxoconcha buntoni Howe and Chambers 1935
†Loxoconcha corrugata Alexander 1934
†Loxoconcha creolensis Howe and Chambers 1935
†Loxoconcha jacksonensis Howe and Chambers 1935
†Loxoconcha mariafarinhensis Fauth et al. 2005
†Loxoconcha mornhinvegi Howe and Chambers 1935
†Loxoconcha nuda Alexander 1934
†Loxoconcha perdecora Alexander 1934
†Loxoconcha posterocosta Ceolin et al. 2015
†Loxoconcha prava Alexander 1934
†Loxoconcha pseudopunctatella Bassiouni and Luger 1990
†Loxoconcha reticularis Edwards 1944
†Loxoconcha saharaensis Bassiouni and Luger 1990
†Loxoconcha similis Bertels 1973
†Loxoconcha stellifera Mueller 1894
†Loxoconcha subrhomboidea Edwards 1944
†Loxoconcha uranouchiensis Ishizaki 1968
†Loxoconcha vernonensis Howe and Chambers 1935
†Loxoconcha woodwardsensis Howe and Law 1936
G. †Nipponocythere Ishizaki 1971
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†Nipponocythere silesiensis Szczechura and Aiello 2003
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†Palmoconcha similis Bertels 1973
G. †Roundstonia Neale 1973
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: Jell and Adrain 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Holocene or 122.46000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma

Collections (183 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Mexico (Baja California) Loxoconcha sp. (1891)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Sanyuania sp. (167760)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Morocco Loxoconcha sp. (94059)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) Sagmatocythere sp. (231995)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Río Negro) Loxoconcha mariafarinhensis (234219 234221 234226 234227 234228 234230 234232 234234)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Cytheromorpha scrobiculata (191248) Loxoconcha nuda (191232) Loxoconcha prava (191249)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Neuquén) Heinia prostatopleuricos, Palmoconcha similis (232002) Loxoconcha cretacea (232001) Loxoconcha posterocosta, Palmoconcha similis (232008) Palmoconcha similis (232004 232006 232009 232010 232015 232018) Sagmatocythere sp., Loxoconcha posterocosta, Palmoconcha similis (232007) Sagmatocythere sp., Palmoconcha similis (232005)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Texas) Loxoconcha perdecora, Loxoconcha corrugata (191450)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Trinidad and Tobago Cytheromorpha sp., Loxoconcha nuda (94015) Loxoconcha nuda (94013)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Missouri) Loxoconcha perdecora (232027)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Cytheromorpha ouachitaensis (191923) Loxoconcha buntoni, Loxoconcha jacksonensis, Loxoconcha mornhinvegi, Loxoconcha vernonensis, Cytheromorpha ouachitaensis (191935) Loxoconcha creolensis (191911) Loxoconcha creolensis, Loxoconcha jacksonensis (191908)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Cytheromorpha montgomeryensis, Loxoconcha jacksonensis (191936) Loxoconcha creolensis, Loxoconcha jacksonensis (191999) Loxoconcha jacksonensis (192002 192006)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Texas) Loxoconcha delicata (94035)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Nigeria Loxoconcha lagosensis (60711 77257)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Hungary Cytheromorpha zinndorfi (171632)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Mexico (Baja California Sur) Loxoconcha sp. (201740)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) Loxoconcha creolensis (60452)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Loxoconcha stavensis, Loxoconcha clarkensis (94040)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Cytheromorpha calva, Loxoconcha cocoaensis, Loxoconcha concentrica (94154) Cytheromorpha calva, Loxoconcha cocoaensis, Loxoconcha concentrica, Loxoconcha watervalleyensis, Loxoconcha creolensis, Loxoconcha jacksonensis (94153) Cytheromorpha calva, Loxoconcha cocoaensis, Loxoconcha jacksonensis (94155) Loxoconcha creolensis (94157) Loxoconcha jacksonensis (94156)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) Loxoconcha punctata, Sagmatocythere carboneli (161903)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mexico (Veracruz) Cytheromorpha sp. (94159 94163 94164 94167) Loxoconcha woodwardsensis (94169 94170)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Puerto Rico Loxoconcha durhami (94188) Loxoconcha durhami, Cytheromorpha vicksburgensis (94191)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Antarctica Loxoconcha rolnickii, Loxocauda sp. (94115)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Alabama) Loxoconcha jacksonensis, Cytheromorpha ouachitaensis (191978 191979)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Germany (Rheinland Pfalz) Cytheromorpha sp. (37978)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Puerto Rico Loxoconcha antillea (94195) Loxoconcha antillea, Loxoconcha sp. (94198) Loxoconcha durhami, Loxoconcha antillea (94196) Loxoconcha lienenklausi (94192) Loxoconcha lienenklausi, Loxoconcha antillea, Loxoconcha sp. (94194)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda Loxoconcha lienenklausi (94180 94183 94184) Loxoconcha lienenklausi, Loxoconcha wagneri, Loxoconcha durhami (94185) Loxoconcha wagneri (94179)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (Louisiana) Loxoconcha woodwordensis, Cytheromorpha rosefieldensis (44521)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44South Africa (North Cape) Palmoconcha walvisridgensis (37451)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Trinidad and Tobago Loxoconcha banesensis (93912) Loxoconcha banesensis, Loxoconcha reticularis (93917) Loxoconcha banesensis, Loxoconcha rohri (93913)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Puerto Rico Loxoconcha antillea, Loxoconcha cubensis (94204) Loxoconcha cubensis (94200 94202)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Cuba (Sancti Spiritus) Loxoconcha antillea, Loxoconcha cubensis (31183)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97South Africa (North Cape) Loxoconcha sp., Palmoconcha walvisridgensis (37487)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97India (Gujarat) Cytheromorpha sp., Loxoconcha punctatella (93899)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Loxoconcha linearis (66288)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy (Sardinia) Loxoconcha hastata, Loxoconcha spp., Loxoconcha punctatella, Sagmatocythere gibbosofoveolata (93945) Loxoconcha hastata, Loxoconcha spp., Loxoconcha rhomboidea, Sagmatocythere gibbosofoveolata, Sagmatocythere tenuis, Sagmatocythere sp. (93943) Loxoconcha hastata, Loxoconcha spp., Sagmatocythere gibbosofoveolata, Sagmatocythere sp. (93944) Loxoconcha hastata, Sagmatocythere gibbosofoveolata (93940) Loxoconcha spp., Sagmatocythere tenuis (93941) Sagmatocythere gibbosofoveolata (93938)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Turkey Sagmatocythere sp. (206195 206230 206231)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82South Africa (North Cape) Loxoconcha sp. (37494)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland Loxoconcha sp. (70539)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Croatia Loxoconcha fragilis (68213)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Venezuela Cytheromorpha warneri (93924 93926 93929 93932 93935) Loxoconcha antillea (93925) Loxoconcha antillea, Cytheromorpha warneri (93919 93922) Loxoconcha reticulata, Cytheromorpha warneri (93921) Loxoconcha reticulata, Loxoconcha antillea, Cytheromorpha warneri (93927 93928)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kazakhstan Loxoconcha turgida (174955) Loxoconcha turgida, Loxoconcha assimulatoformis, Loxoconcha elliptica (174760)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Poland Elofsonia hornei (138859) Elofsonia hornei, Loxoconcha rhomboidea, Sagmatocythere caelata, Sagmatocythere scrupea (138841) Elofsonia hornei, Loxoconcha rhomboidea, Sagmatocythere raiai, Sagmatocythere scrupea, Nipponocythere silesiensis (138846) Elofsonia hornei, Loxoconcha rhomboidea, Sagmatocythere scrupea, Nipponocythere silesiensis (138849) Elofsonia hornei, Nipponocythere silesiensis (138852) Elofsonia hornei, Sagmatocythere raiai, Sagmatocythere scrupea (138850) Elofsonia hornei, Sagmatocythere raiai, Sagmatocythere scrupea, Nipponocythere silesiensis (138848) Elofsonia hornei, Sagmatocythere scrupea, Nipponocythere silesiensis (138847) Loxoconcha quadrifenestrata, Sagmatocythere raiai (138851) Sagmatocythere tenuis (138843 138844 138855 138864)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Austria Loxoconcha rhomboidea (73299)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Loxoconcha dertobrevis, Sagmatocythere sp. 2 (138333) Loxoconcha ovulata, Loxoconcha punctatella (138424) Loxoconcha ovulata, Loxoconcha punctatella, Sagmatocythere sp. 1 (138429 138576) Loxoconcha ovulata, Loxoconcha punctatella, Sagmatocythere tenuis (138579) Loxoconcha ovulata, Loxoconcha punctatella, Sagmatocythere tenuis, Sagmatocythere sp. 1 (138428 138578) Loxoconcha punctatella (138331 138425 138431 138580 138581) Loxoconcha punctatella, Loxoconcha ovulata, Sagmatocythere tenuis (138582) Loxoconcha punctatella, Loxoconcha ovulata, Sagmatocythere tenuis, Sagmatocythere sp. 1 (138336) Loxoconcha punctatella, Sagmatocythere cristatissima (138584) Loxoconcha punctatella, Sagmatocythere tenuis (138332 138334 138335) Loxoconcha punctatella, Sagmatocythere tenuis, Sagmatocythere sp. 1 (138443) Sagmatocythere tenuis (138312 138583)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Belgium (Antwerpen) Loxoconcha sp. (48092)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Loxoconcha australis (166810)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Atlántico) Loxoconcha rhomboidea (93902 93904 93906) Loxoconcha rhomboidea, Loxoconcha cyrton (93901) Loxoconcha rhomboidea, Loxoconcha cyrton, Loxoconcha sp. (93900) Loxoconcha rhomboidea, Loxoconcha fischeri (93903 93905 93907)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Croatia Loxoconcha muelleri, Loxoconcha granifera (68266) Loxoconcha muelleri, Loxoconcha rhombovalis, Loxoconcha hodonica (68221) Loxoconcha rhombovalis, Loxoconcha hodonica (68219)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Florida) Cytheromorpha warneri (94805)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Puerto Rico Loxoconcha cubensis (94206)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Loxoconcha reticularis (191407)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Loxoconcha sp. (69899)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Loxoconcha sp. (34723 34724)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Georgia Loxoconcha sp., Loxoconcha maetica, Loxoconcha eichwaldi (45928)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) Loxoconcha affinis, Loxoconcha elliptica, Loxoconcha stellifera (122994)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6New Zealand Loxoconcha punctata (73307)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Cytheromorpha curta, Cytheromorpha i, Loxoconcha edentonensis, Loxoconcha matagordensis, Loxoconcha purisubrhomboidea, Loxoconcha c, Loxoconcha h, Loxoconcha m, Loxoconcha s, Loxoconcha t, Cytheromorpha incisa, Cytheromorpha macroincisa, Cytheromorpha suffolkensis, Hirschmannia hespera, Hirschmannia quadrata, Loxoconcha reticularis, Cytheromorpha warneri (52582)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) Loxoconcha sp., Phlyctocythere sp. (91902)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Heinia sp. (91912)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Loxoconcha doryandae, Loxoconcha reticularis (41501)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy Loxoconcha gibberosa (176385)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Loxoconcha reticularis, Cytheromorpha warneri (41705)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Italy (Apulia) Palmoconcha turbida, Palmoconcha agilis (157641)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Loxoconcha impressa (48886 66720)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New York) Cytheromorpha macchesneyi (73634)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Gujarat) Cytheromorpha sp., Loxoconcha turbida, Cytheromorpha acupunctata, Loxoconcha uranouchiensis, Loxoconcha stellifera, Loxoconcha bairdi (80599) Loxoconcha uranouchiensis, Loxoconcha stellifera (80600)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India Cytheromorpha sp., Loxoconcha sp. (76319)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Loxoconcha rhomboidea (56806) Loxoconcha turbida, Loxoconcha levis, Loxoconcha rhomboidea, Loxocauda decipiens, Loxoconcha bairdi (56803)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic Loxoconcha fischeri (97552)