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Cyprididae

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cyprididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Cypridacea Baird
1969Cypridacea Bertels
1971Cypridacea Hazel and Holden p. 9
1972Cypridacea Bertels
1973Cypridacea Bertels
1973Cypridacea Musacchio
1975Cypridacea Bertels p. 102
1978Cypridacea Uliana and Musacchio
1986Cypridacea Sinitsa p. 175
1991Cypridoidea Musacchio and Simeoni
1998Cypridacea Ballent p. 357
2005Cypridoidea Liebau
2007Cypridoidea Van Itterbeeck et al. p. 64
2010Cypridoidea Bergue and Govindan
2011Cypridoidea Babinot and Colin p. 753
2011Cypridoidea Ballent et al.
2011Cypridoidea Carignano and Varela
2012Cypridoidea Carignano
2013Cypridoidea Sebe et al. p. 518
2017Cypridoidea Forel
2022Cypridoidea Wang et al. p. 149

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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
superfamilyCypridoidea(Baird 1845)
familyCyprididaeBaird 1845
familyCyprididaeBaird 1845

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. †Cyprididae Baird 1845
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G. †Carbonita Strand 1928
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†Carbonita fabulina Jones and Kirkby 1867
†Carbonita tumida Upson 1933
Fm. †Cyclocyprididae Kaufmann 1900
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G. †Cetacella Martin 1958
G. Cyclocypria Dobbin 1941
G. Physocypria Vavra 1898
Subfm. †Cyclocypridinae Zenker 1854
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G. †Cypria Zenker 1854
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†Cypria cyrtonidion Whatley and Bajpai 2000
Subfm. †Cypridinae Baird 1845
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G. Cypris Müller 1776
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†Cypris dashzevegi Khand 1976
†Cypris florissantensis Cockerell 1910
Cypris pubera Müller 1776
G. †Kassinina
G. †Mongolianella Mandelstam 1956
G. †Paracypretta Sars 1924
G. †Pattersoncypris Bate 1972
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G. †Petrobrasia Krömmelbein 1965
G. †Suzinia
G. †Virgatocypris Malz and Moayedpour 1973
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†Virgatocypris mezzalirai Dias-Brito et al. 2001
G. Cypridopsis Brady 1868
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†Cypridopsis elachistos Whatley et al. 2002
†Cypridopsis pasocordobensis Musacchio 1973
Subfm. Disopontocypridinae Mandelstam 1956
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G. †Eucypris Vavra 1891
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†Eucypris intervolcanus Whatley and Bajpai 2000
†Eucypris pelasgicos Whatley and Bajpai 2000
Subfm. Herpetocypridinae Kaufmann 1900
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G. Herpetocypris Brady and Norman 1889
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Fm. †Trapezoidellidae Sohn 1979
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G. †Daurina Sinitsa 1973
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†Daurina mongolica Sinitsa 1986
Invalid names: Cypridopsinae Kaufmann 1960 [empty], Eucandonidae Swain 1961 [empty], Eucypridinae Bronshtein 1947 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Environment: freshwatersuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Diet 2: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 09:59:44
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:59:44
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Jell and Adrain 2002, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Vormsi to the top of the Holocene or 449.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 449.5 Ma

Collections (74 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Latvia (Daugavpils) Pullvillites sp. (192989)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Russian Federation Carbonita inversa (80103)
Westphalian C314.6 - 309.8United Kingdom (England) Cythere fabulina (122564)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Kansas) Carbonita tumida (133139)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Carbonita sp. (216992 216993 216994)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Kansas) Carbonita tumida (110320)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Czech Republic (Krkonose) Carbonita sp. (232614)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (Kansas) Carbonita tumida (88235)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Italy (Trento) Cypris rotzoana (232110)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Indonesia (Timor) Cypris sp. (205667)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1United Kingdom (Wales) Cypridacea indet. (33497)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Leiria) Cetacella inermis (24563)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal Cetacella armata (67955)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal (Centro) Cetacella armata, Cetacella inermis (69708)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Cetacella armata (67952 67953)
Middle Berriasian145.0 - 140.2United Kingdom (England) Cypris sp. (45330)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8United Kingdom (England) Cypris sp. (77058)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5Spain (Castilla y Leon) Cypris sp. (64406)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4France Lycopterocypris sabaudiae (91170)
Valanginian - Hauterivian139.8 - 129.4Brazil (Bahia) Cypris conculcata, Cypris montserratensis, Cypris allportiana, Cypris sp. (51911)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0China (Liaoning) Lycopterocypris infantilis, Mongolianella sp. (36972)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Liberia Pattersoncypris micropapillosa (209302)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Ceará) Pattersoncypris micropapillosa (140951) Pattersoncypris sp. (28052)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian112.03 - 99.6Argentina (Santa Cruz) Mongolianella sp. (232101 232102) Petrobrasia sp. (232098)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Austria (Upper Austria) Cetacella sp. (224482)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Arizona) Ostracoda indet. (24915)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Omnogov) Eucypris elata, Mongolianella cuspidigera (11582)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Gujarat) Mongolianella palmosa (72320)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0India (Madhya Pradesh) Cypridopsis elachistos, Eucypris pelasgicos, Eucypris intervolcanus, Mongolianella sp., Cypria cyrtonidion (222692) Paracypretta sp. (226125)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Cyprididae indet., Cypris sp. 1, Cypris sp. 2 (74527)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Brazil (Minas Gerais) Lycopterocypris angulata, Virgatocypris mezzalirai (83301) Virgatocypris mezzalirai (83300)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0India (Gujarat) Mongolianella palmosa (60170)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene70.6 - 61.7India (Madhya Pradesh) Cypria sp. (226992)
Gashatan58.7 - 55.8China (Nei Mongol) Cypris dashzevegi (71076)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Cypris florissantensis (123119)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Cypris sp. (40268)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Montana) Eucypris sp. (211242 211243 211244)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Germany (Rheinland Pfalz) Cypridopsis sp., Eucypris sp. (37978) Eucypris sp. (37967)
Agenian23.03 - 20.0Switzerland (Fribourg) Cypridopsinae indet. (203089)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Uganda Eucypris indet. (22440)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Eucypris hagni (175727)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Libya Cypridopsis sp. (77254)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Croatia Cypria dorsoconcava (68266) Cypria reniformis (68219) Cypria reniformis, Cypria pannonica (68221)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan10.3 - 1.8USA (Indiana) Cypridopsis okeechobei, Cypridopsis vidua (18320)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Kenya Cypris sp. (21511)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Cypris sp. (21418)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy Cypridopsis vidua, Herpetocypris sp., Eucypris virens (176388)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Cypris sp. (21462 21495)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117China (Yunnan) Cypria sp. (36585 36586)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Portugal (Algarve) Cypris pubera, Erpetocypris reptans (40985)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Cypridopsis indet. (22127)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Cypris sp. (21368)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Sonora) Cypridopsis vidua, Physocypria sp. (20495)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Cypridopsis vidua, Physocypria pustulosa (93554)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Cypris pubera, Erpetocypris reptans (163070 163075)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Alberta) Cypridopsis vidua, Cypridopsis incongruens (93556)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Ontario) Cypridopsis vidua (174229)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic Eucypris elliptica (97552)