Cytherideis

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).

Cytherideis
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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

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


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