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Monoceratina ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4336714	https://www.gbif.org/species/4336714
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	24291	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=24291

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Bythocytheridae : Monoceratina

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
subphylum	Crustacea	Brünnich 1772
class	Ostracoda	Latreille 1802
subclass	Podocopa	Sars 1865
order	Podocopida	Sars 1866
suborder	Sigilliocopina	Martens 1992
superfamily	Cytheroidea	(Baird 1850)
family	Bythocytheridae	Sars 1928
genus	Monoceratina	Roth 1928

Scientific Name

Monoceratina Roth, 1928

Name Published In

Roth, R. (1928). Monoceratina: A new genus of Ostracoda from the Pennsylvanian of Oklahoma. Journal of Paleontology. 2 (1): 15-19.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Monoceratina	genus	belongs to Cytheridae	stated with evidence	Alexander, 1934
Monoceratina	genus	belongs to Podocopida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Monoceratina	genus	belongs to Bythocytheridae	stated with evidence	Yuan and Crasquin-Soleau, 2007

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

388 - 383 Ma
Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene

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
Monoceratina acuminata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina alexanderi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	56.0 Ma Paleocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Monoceratina amfibola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina ampla ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Monoceratina ardmorensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	318 Ma Carboniferous	318 Ma Carboniferous
Monoceratina biloba species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina biphysa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina bithysa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina bonnemai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina bradfieldi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina buekkensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Monoceratina casei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina compta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Monoceratina cooperi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina elongata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina fortenodosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina gheorgianae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Monoceratina granulosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	296 Ma Permian	296 Ma Permian
Monoceratina gruendeli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Monoceratina harrisi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina hussonae ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		28	252 Ma Permian	252 Ma Permian
Monoceratina incisa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina invenusta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina jonesi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina jugosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina laevioides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina laevis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina lawrencevillensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina levinsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina lewisi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		19	304 Ma Carboniferous	290 Ma Permian
Monoceratina loferensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina mandawaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina michelseni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina nitida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina nodosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina oblita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina parallela species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina pararossae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina paucipunctata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina pedata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina plattsburgensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina praevulsaformis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Monoceratina prothroensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina rossae ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	61.6 Ma Paleocene	61.6 Ma Paleocene
Monoceratina sagitta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina scarboroughensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina semiornata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina sigynae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina sinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina speciosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Monoceratina sundancensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina tennesseensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina tricuspidata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina trinodosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina ventrale species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina ventralis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	318 Ma Carboniferous	315 Ma Carboniferous
Monoceratina wallacei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Monoceratina winifredeana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina wrefordensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monoceratina youngi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Paraberounella renardi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Paraberounella sevii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1928	Monoceratina Roth
1934	Monoceratina Alexander p. 230
2002	Monoceratina Sepkoski, Jr.
2007	Monoceratina Yuan and Crasquin-Soleau p. 178
2013	Monoceratina Sebe et al. p. 518
2017	Monoceratina Forel p. 32
2018	Monoceratina Tanaka p. 24

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Alexander C. I. (1934) Ostracoda of the Midway (Eocene) of Texas, Journal of Paleontology 8 2, 206-237

Yuan A. H., Crasquin-Soleau S. (2007) Systematic Descriptions, in Latest Permian deep-water ostracods from southwestern Guangxi, south China, Journal of Micropalaeontology 26, 169-191

Sebe O.-G., Crasquin S., et al (2013) Early and middle Anisian (Triassic) deep-water ostracods (Crustacea) from North Dobrogea (Romania), Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 32, 509-529

Forel M. B. (2017) Systematic palaeontology, in Discovery of a long-term refuge for ostracods (Crustacea) after the end-Permian extinction: a unique Carnian (Late Triassic) fauna from the Mersin Mélange, southern Turkey, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 17, 9-58

Tanaka G. (2018) Taxonomy, in Early Permian (Cisuralian) ostracods from Japan: characteristic ostracod assemblage from a seamount of the Panthalassic Ocean, Zootaxa 4515, 1-67

Horne, D.J.; Bruce, A.; Whittaker, J.E. (2001). Ostracoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 244-251 - via World Register of Marine Species

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. - via World Register of Marine Species

Roth, R. (1928). Monoceratina: A new genus of Ostracoda from the Pennsylvanian of Oklahoma. Journal of Paleontology. 2 (1): 15-19. - via World Register of Marine Species

Aphia2006/ERMS - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

J. Paleont., 2 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Jul 2011) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

web sources (extant) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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!

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