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Lophodentina

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheridae

Taxonomy
Lophodentina is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cytherinae by Apostloescu (1959); and to Podocopida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
L. striata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Lophodentina Apostloescu
2002Lophodentina Sepkoski

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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)
familyCytheridaeBaird 1850
subfamilyCytherinaeBaird 1850
genusLophodentina

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.

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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: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-05 02:00:00
Modified: 2010-02-23 23:16:56
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002

Age range: base of the Sinemurian to the top of the Oxfordian or 199.50000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Spain (Castilla y Leon) L. crepidula (78214)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Wales) L. sp., L. sp. A (33492)
Sinemurian - Pliensbachian199.5 - 184.2United Kingdom (Wales) L. striata (33493)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Saudi Arabia L. sp. (45904)