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Cytherellidae
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| Description | Cytherellidae is a family of ostracods, and is the only living family in the order, Platycopida, although the family Punciidae is also sometimes included. Members of the family have existed since the Jurassic. It contains 6 genera: From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytherellidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 4.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Platycopina : Cytherellidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Platycopida : Cytherellidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Cytherellidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 5 (14%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 423 - 419 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | hypersaline,marine,brackish,freshwater (based on Ostracoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Ostracoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Platycopida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | detritivore, suspension feeder (based on Platycopida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | low Mg calcite (based on Ostracoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. H. Benson, J. M. Berdan et al. 1961. Part Q, Arthropoda: Crustacea: Ostracoda. In R. C. Moore (ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology Q(3):1-432 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytherellidae |
External Images
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Cytherellinae subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Cytherella genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 461 | 423 Ma Silurian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Cytherelloidea genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 161 | 209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Geelongella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Grammcythella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Inversacytherella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Keijcyoidea genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Platella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 197 Ma Early Jurassic | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
| Pyricythereis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 22 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| Spinososioella ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 260 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
| Staringia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Spinososioellidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Platycopina : Spinososioellidae |
| Cytherelloidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Platycopina : Cytherelloidae |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1866 | Cytherellidae Sars |
| 1936 | Cytherellidae Howe and Law p. 67 |
| 1961 | Cytherellidae Benson et al. p. 382 |
| 1971 | Cytherellidae Hazel and Holden p. 9 |
| 1993 | Cytherellidae Carreño and Cronin p. 142 |
| 2010 | Cytherellidae Bergue and Govindan |
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!