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Paradoxostomatidae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	9270	https://www.gbif.org/species/9270
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	393222	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=393222

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Paradoxostomatidae

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
superfamily	Cytheracea	Baird 1850
family	Paradoxostomatidae	Brady and Norman 1889

Scientific Name

Paradoxostomatidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Paradoxostomatidae	family	belongs to Cytheracea	stated without evidence	Hazel and Holden, 1971

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

201 - 191 Ma
Early Jurassic

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. E. Hazel and J. C. Holden. 1971. Ostracoda of Late Eocene Age From Eua, Tonga. US Geological Survey Professional Paper 640(D):1-11

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Paradoxostomatinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		19	201 Ma Early Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Acetabulastoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asterositus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Austroparadoxostoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Boreostoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bradystoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Brunneostoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Calcarostoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Caribbella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Chelonocytherois genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cytherois genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Echinophilus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Echinositus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Flabellicytherois genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Glyphidocythere genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lanceostoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Machaerina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neopellucistoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nodoconcha genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Obesostoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paracythere genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Paracytherois genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		18	37.2 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Paradoxostoma genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	201 Ma Early Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Pontostoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudeucythere ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Redekea genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Triangulostoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Violacytherois genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Xiphichilus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Xiphichilus	GBIF	family	Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Xiphichilus

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1889	Paradoxostomatidae Brady and Norman
1971	Paradoxostomatidae Hazel and Holden p. 6

References

Hazel J. E., Holden J. C. (1971) Ostracoda of Late Eocene Age From Eua, Tonga, US Geological Survey Professional Paper 640 D, 1-11

Martin, Joel W., and George E. Davis, 2001: An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Science Series 39. 124. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). - via World Register of Marine Species

Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

as per included genera - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Martin & Davis (2001) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

WoRMS (2016) Accessed through World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Horne, D. (2013) Fauna Europaea: Ostracoda. Fauna Europaea version 2.6.2, http://www.faunaeur.org - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

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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