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Macrocypris dimorpha

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Macrocyprididae

Taxonomy
Macrocypris dimorpha was named by Hazel and Holden (1971). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vaingana, Eua Island, which is in a Priabonian offshore shelf limestone in Tonga.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. dreikanter

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Macrocypris dimorpha Hazel and Holden p. 6 figs. Plate 5, figures 8,11,13,17,19

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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
suborderCypridocopinaJones 1901
superfamilyMacrocypridoideaMüller 1912
familyMacrocyprididaeMuller 1912
genusMacrocypris
speciesdimorpha

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.

†Macrocypris dimorpha Hazel and Holden 1971
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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: Priabonian or 38.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Tonga Macrocypris dimorpha (type locality: 43006)