Trachyleberidinae

Bradleya sp., copyright Simone Nunes Brandão & Yasuhara Moriaki.

Belongs within: Trachyleberidoidea.

The Trachyleberidinae are a group of ostracods known from the Cretaceous to the present, characterised by valves bearing four adductor muscle scars in a near-vertical row, and a single J-, U- or heart-shaped frontal scar.

Trachyleberidinae [Trachyleberides, Trachyleberinae]LH61
|--Fissocythere Malz 1959LH61
| `--*F. calloglypta Malz 1959LH61
|--Quasibuntonia Ruggier 1958LH61
| `--*Q. radiatopora (Seguenza 1880) [=Cythere radiatopora]LH61
|--Actinocythereis Puri 1953M61, BB61
| `--*A. exanthemata (Ulrich & Bassler 1904) [=Cythere exanthemata]BB61
|--Anticythereis van den Bold 1946M61, BB61 (see below for synonymy)
| `--*A. reticulata (Jennings 1936) [=*Pseudocythereis reticulata, *Stephensonaria reticulata]BB61
|--Pseudocythereis Skogsberg 1928M61, BB61 [incl. Pseudocytheretta Puri 1958 non Cushman 1906BB61]
| `--*P. spinifera (Skogsberg 1928) [=Cythereis (*Pseudocythereis) spinifera]BB61
|--Hirsutocythere Howe 1951M61, BB61
| `--*H. hornotina Howe 1951BB61
|--Leniocythere Howe 1951M61, BB61
| `--*L. lebanonensis Hower 1951BB61
|--Occultocythereis Howe 1951M61, BB61
| `--*O. delumbata Howe 1951BB61
|--Spongicythere Howe 1951M61, BB61
| `--*S. spissa Howe 1951BB61
|--Trachyleberidea Bowen 1953M61, BB61
| |--*T. prestwichiana (Jones & Sherborn 1887) [=Cythereis prestwichiana]BB61
| `--T. araneaBB61
|--Protobuntonia Grekoff 1954M61, BB61
| |--*P. numidica Grekoff 1954BB61
| `--P. iorubaBB61
|--Trachyleberis Brady 1898BB61 [incl. TrachyleberinaM61]
| |--*T. scabrocuneata (Brady 1880) [=Cythere scabrocuneata]BB61
| `--T. asperrimaS61a
| |--T. a. asperrimaS61a
| `--T. a. echinataS61a
|--Cythereis Jones 1849M61, BB61
| |--C. ornatissima (Reuss 1846) [=Cytherina ornatissima; incl. Cytherina ciliata Reuss 1846, *Cythereis ciliata]BB61
| |--C. dallasensisS61b
| |--C. dentataS61a
| |--C. glaucaB61
| |--C. senckenbergi Triebel 1940WSB93
| `--C. tamzergoutensisRR03
`--Bradleya Hornibrook 1952M61, BB61
|--*B. arata (Brady 1880) [=Cythere arata]BB61
|--B. approximataBB61
|--B. auritaB61
|--B. cornuelianaS61a
|--B. diegoensisB61
|--B. haidingeri (Reuss 1849) [=Cypridina haidingeri; incl. Cythereis (Sacculus) trigibbosa Neviani 1928]BB61
`--B. pennataB61

Anticythereis van den Bold 1946M61, BB61 [=Pseudocythereis Jennings 1936 non Skogsberg 1928BB61, Stephensonaria Coryell in Stephenson 1946BB61]

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[B61] Benson, R. H. 1961. Ecology of ostracode assemblages. In: Moore, R. C. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt Q. Arthropoda 3: Crustacea: Ostracoda pp. Q56–Q63. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.

[BB61] Benson, R. H., J. M. Berdan, W. A. van den Bold, T. Hanai, I. Hessland, H. V. Howe, R. V. Kesling, S. A. Levinson, R. A. Reyment, R. C. Moore, H. W. Scott, R. H. Shaver, I. G. Sohn, L. E. Stover, F. M. Swain & P. C. Sylvester-Bradley. 1961. Systematic descriptions. In: Moore, R. C. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt Q. Arthropoda 3: Crustacea: Ostracoda pp. Q99–Q421. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.

[LH61] Levinson, S. A., & H. V. Howe. 1961. Addendum. In: Moore, R. C. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt Q. Arthropoda 3: Crustacea: Ostracoda pp. Q421–Q422. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.

[M61] Moore, R. C. 1961. Supplement—USSR treatise on Ostracoda. In: Moore, R. C. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt Q. Arthropoda 3: Crustacea: Ostracoda pp. Q422–Q429. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.

[RR03] Rossi, A., J. Rey, B. Andreu & K. Taj-Eddine. 2003. Apport des ostracodes à l’interprétation séquentielle du Crétacé inférieur (Berriasien–Valanginien) du bassin d’Essaouira-Agadir (Maroc). Comptes Rendus Palevol 2: 133–141.

[S61a] Scott, H. W. 1961a. Shell morphology of Ostracoda. In: Moore, R. C. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt Q. Arthropoda 3: Crustacea: Ostracoda pp. Q21–Q37. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.

[S61b] Scott, H. W. 1961b. Orientation of ostracode shells. In: Moore, R. C. (ed.) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt Q. Arthropoda 3: Crustacea: Ostracoda pp. Q44–Q47. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press.

[WSB93] Whatley, R. C., D. J. Siveter & I. D. Boomer. 1993. Arthropoda (Crustacea: Ostracoda). In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Fossil Record 2 pp. 343–356. Chapman & Hall: London.

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