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Cytheroidea
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| Rank | superfamily (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Cytheroidea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 346 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 56 (16%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 443 - 439 Ma Silurian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | hypersaline,marine,brackish,freshwater (based on Ostracoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Ostracoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Ostracoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | detritivore, grazer (based on Podocopida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Ostracoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. E. Hazel. 1983. Age and correlation of the Yorktown (Pliocene) and Croatan (Pliocene and Pleistocene) formations at the Lee Creek Mine. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 53:81-199 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Berounellidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 22 | 359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | |
| Bythocytheridae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 424 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Cytherideidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 627 | 443 Ma Silurian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Cytherissinellidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 30 | 279 Ma Permian | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | |
| Cytheruridae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 388 | 260 Ma Permian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Limnocytheridae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 49 | 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Pseudocytheridae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 260 Ma Permian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Trachyleberididae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 319 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Tricornidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 296 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1850 | Cytheracea Baird |
| 1926 | Bythocytheracea Sars |
| 1971 | Cytheracea Hazel and Holden p. 2 |
| 1983 | Cytheracea Hazel p. 99 |
| 1985 | Bythocytheracea Kozur p. 53 |
| 1987 | Cytheracea Blaszyk p. 66 |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 2007 | Cytheroidea Van Itterbeeck et al. p. 64 |
| 2008 | Cytheroidea Crasquin p. 252 |
| 2013 | Cytheroidea Sebe et al. p. 518 |
| 2016 | Cytheroidea Wild and Stilwell p. 976 |
| 2017 | Cytheroidea Forel |
| 2018 | Cytheroidea Tanaka p. 24 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
