Cytheruridae

Cytheruridae is a family of ostracods belonging to the order Podocopida.

Cytheruridae

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CytheroideaPBDB
Diet
detritivore, grazerPBDB, for Podocopida
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Podocopida
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Ostracoda
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Ostracoda
Environment
freshwaterPBDB

Time the record covers

At least 283 million years on record.

The record covers at least 283.3 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 290.1 Mya to 0 Mya.

Permian — about 10 of 1085 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 12 of 1085 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 18 of 1085 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 40 of 1085 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 181 of 1085 occurrencesEarly JurassicMiddle Jurassic — about 97 of 1085 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 4 of 1085 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 61 of 1085 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 57 of 1085 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 68 of 1085 occurrencesEocene — about 97 of 1085 occurrencesOligocene — about 43 of 1085 occurrencesMiocene — about 323 of 1085 occurrencesPliocene — about 42 of 1085 occurrencesPleistocene — about 29 of 1085 occurrences296–286 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences286–276 Mya — about 1 occurrence276–266 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences266–256 Mya — about 4 occurrences256–247 Mya — about 18 occurrences247–237 Mya — about 18 occurrences237–227 Mya — about 26 occurrences217–207 Mya — about 3 occurrences207–197 Mya — about 17 occurrences197–187 Mya — about 14 occurrences187–178 Mya — about 101 occurrences178–168 Mya — about 154 occurrences168–158 Mya — about 2 occurrences158–148 Mya — about 4 occurrences148–138 Mya — about 4 occurrences138–128 Mya — about 8 occurrences128–118 Mya — about 16 occurrences118–108 Mya — about 16 occurrences108–99 Mya — about 18 occurrences99–89 Mya — about 2 occurrences89–79 Mya — about 9 occurrences79–69 Mya — about 27 occurrences69–59 Mya — about 80 occurrences59–49 Mya — about 17 occurrences49–39 Mya — about 32 occurrences39–30 Mya — about 73 occurrences30–20 Mya — about 47 occurrences20–9.9 Mya — about 254 occurrences9.9–0 Mya — about 122 occurrences283.3 Mya11.7 ka296 Mya0 Mya

1,085 occurrences of Cytheruridae on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

1,085 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

99 formations

Gliwice — 50.27°N, 18.67°EJurensismergel — 47.95°N, 7.82°EJagüel — 38.17°S, 68.67°WJagüel — 38.85°S, 67.87°WJagüel — 39.77°S, 66.68°WJagüel — 38.98°S, 67.53°WDjangura — 43.94°N, 41.50°EBeacon Limestone — 50.94°N, 2.85°WBeacon Limestone — 50.94°N, 2.85°WYorktown — 35.36°N, 76.82°WYorktown — 37.23°N, 76.50°WAshley Mudstone — 44.80°S, 170.98°Efahdène — 36.57°N, 8.77°EHuglu Tuffite — 36.92°N, 34.24°EOpalinuston — 47.95°N, 7.82°EPóvoa da Lomba — 40.03°N, 8.47°WRoca — 38.85°S, 67.87°WRoca — 39.00°S, 67.56°WRoca — 37.55°S, 69.70°WTubará — 10.87°N, 74.98°WPolonez Cove — 62.13°S, 58.18°WYazoo — 31.92°N, 88.40°WBrasso — 10.35°N, 61.35°WBrasso — 10.40°N, 61.32°WVale das Fontes — 40.03°N, 8.47°WSanta Marta — 64.35°S, 57.40°WTulong — 28.44°N, 86.14°ENagyvisnyo — 48.14°N, 20.43°ETiyon — 26.12°N, 67.83°EAlazán — 21.20°N, 97.73°WAlazán — 21.10°N, 97.72°WAlazán — 20.93°N, 97.60°WZafir — 32.14°N, 34.98°ESão Gião — 40.03°N, 8.47°W

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The named rock units Cytheruridae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 75 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 275 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Cytheruridae and its relatives

Miocene

Where Cytheruridae and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

2,201 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 439 sites for Cytheruridae, and this reads 240 of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

127 references

Each of the 1,085 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 115 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Cytheruridae

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Commercial use
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No 3D scan of Cytheruridae was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Müller 1894)