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Cytheruridae

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheruridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Cytheruridae Müller
1958Cytherurinae Marianos and Valentine p. 367
1961Cytherurinae Krutak p. 776
1969Cytherurinae Bertels p. 275
1971Cytheruridae Hazel and Holden p. 5
1973Cytheruridae Bertels
1973Cytheruridae Musacchio
1974Cytheruridae Bertels
1975Cytheruridae Bertels p. 126
1980Cytheruridae Ballent
1987Cytheruridae Blaszyk p. 73
1998Cytheruridae Ballent p. 360
2005Cytheruridae Liebau
2011Cytheruridae Babinot and Colin p. 746
2012Cytheruridae Carignano
2017Cytheruridae Forel p. 32
2022Cytheruridae Forel p. 344

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—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)
familyCytheruridaeMüller 1894
familyCytheruridaeMüller 1894

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. Cytheruridae Müller 1894
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Subfm. Cytheropterinae Hanai 1957
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†Aversovalva glochinos Ceolin et al. 2015
G. Eocytheropteron Alexander 1933
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†Eocytheropteron fiski Howe and Law 1936
†Eocytheropteron sabinensis Howe and Garrett 1934
†Eocytheropteron spurgeonae Howe and Chambers 1935
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†Hemingwayella verrucosus Ceolin et al. 2015
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†Hemiparacytheridea condilomata Ceolin et al. 2024
G. Oculocytheropteron Bate 1972
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†Semicytherura robusta Bonaduce et al. 1976
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†Cytherura byramensis Howe and Law 1936
†Cytherura coryelli Malkin 1953
†Cytherura elongata Edwards 1944
†Cytherura forulata Edwards 1944
†Cytherura hilgardi Howe and Law 1936
†Cytherura jaguelensis Bertels 1974
†Cytherura oertlii Dingle 1984
†Cytherura sylverinica Howe and Law 1936
†Cytherura wailesi Howe and Law 1936
†Cytherura wardensis Howe and Brown 1935
Subfm. †Cytherurinae Müller 1894
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G. †Acrocythere Neale 1960
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†Acrocythere striata Kaye 1965
G. †Allaruella Krömmelbein 1975
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†Allaruella racedense Rossi de Garcia and Prosepio 1978
G. †Citrella
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†Citrella carniana Forel 2017
G. †Cresacytheridea Gründel 1975
G. Cytheropteron Sars 1866
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Subg. Cytheropteron (Eocytheropteron) Alexander 1933
†Cytheropteron bidentinos Ceolin et al. 2015
†Cytheropteron danvillensis Howe and Chambers 1935
†Cytheropteron galericulum Howe and Law 1936
†Cytheropteron hyperdictyon Ceolin et al. 2015
†Cytheropteron inops Bertels 1969
†Cytheropteron latissima Norman 1865
†Cytheropteron montgomeryensis Howe and Chambers 1935
†Cytheropteron nodosum Ulrich and Bassler 1904
†Cytheropteron planalatum Guernet 1985
†Cytheropteron reticuloradiata Neale and Singh 1985
†Cytheropteron rocanum Bertels 1973
†Cytheropteron translimitares Ceolin et al. 2015
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†Eucytherura lacerata Forel 2017
†Eucytherura murdercreekensis Howe and Law 1936
†Eucytherura norica Kozur and Bolz 1971
†Eucytherura stibaros Ceolin et al. 2015
Invalid names: Movschovitschia Kozur 1971 [synonym]
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†Kerocythere quattervalsi Crasquin-Soleau et al. 2000
†Kerocythere tricostata Forel 2017
†Kerocythere tuvalica Kozur 1971
Subfm. Eucytherurinae Puri 1974
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G. Hemicytherura Elofson 1941
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†Hemicytherura defiorei Ruggieri 1953
G. †Howeina
G. †Judahella
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Subg. †Judahella (Costahella) Kozur 1971
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Subg. †Judahella (Judahella) Sohn 1968
†Judahella andrusovi Kozur and Bolz 1971
†Judahella bogschi Kozur 1985
†Judahella dizluense Kristan-Tollmann 1980
†Judahella nodosa Kozur 1971
†Judahella permica Kozur 1985
†Judahella tsorfatia Sohn 1968
Invalid names: Buekkella Kozur 1985 [synonym], Mostlerella [synonym]
G. †Konarocythere Krutak 1961
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Invalid names: Budaia Mehes 1941 [replaced]
G. †Mehesella
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†Mehesella apolloi Bertels 1969
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†Metacytheropteron zagrosensis Crasquin-Soleau and Teherani 1995
G. †Microceratina Swanson 1980
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†Microceratina azazoulensis Andreu and Colin 2005
G. †Mockella Kozur 1971
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Invalid names: Dettermania Sohn 1987 [synonym]
G. †Orthonotacythere Alexander 1933
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†Orthonotacythere annulospinata Hazel and Paulson 1964
†Orthonotacythere sabinensis Howe and Garrett 1934
Invalid names: Cytheropterina [synonym]
G. Paracytheridea Muller 1894
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†Paracytheridea belhavenensis Howe and Chambers 1935
†Paracytheridea byramensis Howe and Law 1936
†Paracytheridea cronini Hazel 1983
†Paracytheridea mucra Edwards 1944
†Paracytheridea rionegrina Bertels 1974
†Paracytheridea shattucki Ulrich and Bassler 1904
†Paracytheridea similis Malkin 1953
†Paracytheridea toleri Howe and Law 1936
†Paracytheridea woodwardsensis Howe and Law 1936
G. †Paradoxorhyncha Chapman 1904
G. Pelecocythere Athersuch 1979
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†Pelecocythere trinidadensis van den Bold 1960
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†Procytherura suebica Herrig and Richter 1990
G. †Typhlocythere Bonaduce et al. 1976
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†Typhlocythere perparvula Aiello and Szczechura 2004
G. †Wolburgia
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†Wolburgia neocretacea Bertels 1972
†Wolburgia paleocenica Bertels 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 Artinskian to the top of the Holocene or 290.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 279.3 Ma

Collections (398 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Canada (British Columbia) Buekkella sp. 1 (106671)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Polytylites digitatus (43517)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Hungary Buekkella pellerdiae (146174 146200) Judahella bogschi (146211) Judahella bogschi, Judahella permica (146201) Judahella permica (146204 146216)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Hungary Judahella bogschi (61368)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Tunisia (Jeffara) Judahella sp. (44740)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Fujian) Dettermania truncata (121217 121218)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guangxi) Kerocythere sp. A (106639)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Italy Kerocythere sp. 1 (87168)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5Iran Buekkella sp. (168932 168942)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2China (Xizang) Citrella ampelsbachensis (112034) Citrella ampelsbachensis, Cytheropteron sp. A (112032)
Spathian - Anisian251.3 - 242.0Israel Kerocythere sp. A (156819 156892) Mostlerella sp. A, Mostlerella sp. B (156822) Mostlerella sp. B (156821 156891)
Dienerian250.5 - 251.2Pakistan Judahella sp. (117951)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0France (Moselle) Triassinella tsorfatia (206489)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0China (Xizang) Citrella ampelsbachensis (112036 112038)
Aegean247.2 - 242.0France (Bas-Rhin) Triassinella tsorfatia (206505)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Israel Judahella sp. (41702)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0China (Xizang) Citrella ampelsbachensis (112039)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Hungary Triassinella spinosa, Triassinella binodosa (135823)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0China (Xizang) Citrella ampelsbachensis (112040)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Iran Judahella hungarica (97874)