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Pontocyprella ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Pontocyprididae : Pontocyprella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Pontocyprella Ljubimova, 1955 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | in Kiparisova, Markovski & Radchenko (Eds). Materials on paleontology. New families and Genera. Ministr. Geol. Okran Nedr Moscow: Vses. nauch-issled. Geol. Inst. (VSEGEI) 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 235 - 232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 66.0 - 61.6 Ma Paleocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Bythocypris fabaeformis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pontocyprella bashiqaensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pontocyprella cavata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 191 Ma Early Jurassic | 191 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Pontocyprella dorsoconvexa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pontocyprella fabaeformis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 15 | 201 Ma Early Jurassic | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Pontocyprella harrisiana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pontocyprella kirkukensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pontocyprella mandelstami species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pontocyprella namitamboensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pontocyprella roundyi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pontocyprella semiquadrata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pontocyprella sheikhanensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pontocyprella superba species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pontocyprella suprajurassica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic | 161 Ma Jurassic |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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2002 | Pontocyprella Sepkoski, Jr. |
2017 | Pontocyprella Forel |
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!