Cytherideis

Extinct genus of seed shrimps

Cytherideis
Temporal range: 41.3–11.61 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Ostracoda
Order: Podocopida
Family: Cytheridae
Genus: †Cytherideis
Jones, 1856[1]
Species

Several, including:

  • †Cytherideis ashermani Ulrich and Bassler 1904
  • †Cytherideis cylindrica Ulrich and Bassler 1904
  • †Cytherideis elegans Seguenza, 1885[2]
  • †Cytherideis longula Ulrich & Bassler 1904
  • †Cytherideis semicircularis Ulrich & Bassler 1904
  • †Cytherideis subaequalis Ulrich and Bassler 1904
Synonyms
  • †Cythere (Cytherideis) Jones, 1856

Cytherideis is an extinct genus of ostracods in the family Cytheridae. The genus was erected by Thomas Rupert Jones in 1856.Species are known from the Miocene of Venezuela and the Eocene of United States (Alabama).

References

  1. ^ Jones, T. R. (1856). "Notes on the Entomostraca (Entomostraca of the Osborne and Hampstead series)". Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, 10, pages 157–158.
  2. ^ Seguenza, G. (1885). Il Quaternario di Rizzolo (27). II: Gli Ostracodi (24). Il Naturalista Siciliano. 4, pages 295-298
  • "Cytherideis" at the Encyclopedia of Life
  • Cytherideis at fossilworks
  • Cytherideis at WoRMS
  • Cytherideis elegans at WoRMS
Taxon identifiers
Cytherideis


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