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Phalcocythere ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Trachyleberididae : Phalcocythere | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Phalcocythere Siddiqui, 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Siddiqui, Q.A. (1971a) Early Tertiary Ostracoda of the family Trachyleberididae from West Pakistan. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History).Geology Suppl. 9, 1–98. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 33.9 - 23.0 Ma Cenozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Phalcocythere (Otarocythere) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
Phalcocythere cuneata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Phalcocythere horrescens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Phalcocythere improcera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Phalcocythere rectangularis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Phalcocythere rete species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Phalcocythere retispinata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Phalcocythere sentosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Phalcocythere spinosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Phalcocythere subtilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Phalcocythere tokarskii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Phalcocythere tranquillis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Otarocythere Al-Furaih, 1980 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Trachyleberididae : Otarocythere |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1971 | Phalcocythere Siddiqui |
1987 | Phalcocythere Blaszyk p. 68 |
2002 | Phalcocythere Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!