Bythocytheridae

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

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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
marinePBDB, for Ostracoda

Time the record covers

At least 380 million years on record.

The record covers at least 382.31 Mya to 1.8 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 387.95 Mya to 774 ka.

Devonian — about 10 of 497 occurrencesDevonianCarboniferous — about 34 of 497 occurrencesCarboniferousPermian — about 72 of 497 occurrencesPermianEarly Triassic — about 106 of 497 occurrencesMiddle Triassic — about 49 of 497 occurrencesLate Triassic — about 21 of 497 occurrencesLate TriassicEarly Jurassic — about 95 of 497 occurrencesMiddle Jurassic — about 28 of 497 occurrencesLate Jurassic — about 9 of 497 occurrencesEarly Cretaceous — about 13 of 497 occurrencesEarly CretaceousLate Cretaceous — about 2 of 497 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 24 of 497 occurrencesEocene — about 9 of 497 occurrencesOligocene — about 0 of 497 occurrencesMiocene — about 19 of 497 occurrencesPliocene — about 5 of 497 occurrencesPleistocene — about 1 of 497 occurrences396–383 Mya — about 8 occurrences383–369 Mya — about 1 occurrence369–356 Mya — about 1 occurrence356–343 Mya — about 2 occurrences343–330 Mya — about 5 occurrences330–317 Mya — about 11 occurrences317–303 Mya — about 6 occurrences303–290 Mya — about 27 occurrences290–277 Mya — about 2 occurrences277–264 Mya — about 7 occurrences264–251 Mya — about 144 occurrences251–237 Mya — about 56 occurrences237–224 Mya — about 10 occurrences224–211 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences211–198 Mya — about 13 occurrences198–185 Mya — about 27 occurrences185–171 Mya — about 81 occurrences171–158 Mya — about 18 occurrences158–145 Mya — about 4 occurrences145–132 Mya — about 5 occurrences132–119 Mya — about 4 occurrences119–106 Mya — about 2 occurrences106–92 Mya — about 2 occurrences79–66 Mya — about 2 occurrences66–53 Mya — about 24 occurrences53–40 Mya — about 3 occurrences40–26 Mya — about 5 occurrences26–13 Mya — about 8 occurrences13–0 Mya — about 17 occurrences382.31 Mya1.8 Mya396 Mya0 Mya

497 occurrences of Bythocytheridae on record, most of them in the Early Triassic. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group, and the chart stops with its fossils rather than at the present. 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

497 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

87 formations

Kokarkuyu — 36.69°N, 30.46°EJurensismergel — 47.95°N, 7.82°EElikah — 36.22°N, 51.35°EElikah — 39.01°N, 45.43°EMarelb — 45.07°N, 28.78°EJagüel — 38.85°S, 67.87°WJagüel — 39.77°S, 66.68°WBeacon Limestone — 50.94°N, 2.85°WBeacon Limestone — 50.94°N, 2.85°WUzum Bair — 45.07°N, 28.78°ENagyvisnyo — 48.10°N, 20.47°ENagyvisnyo — 48.14°N, 20.43°ENagyvisnyo — 48.15°N, 20.44°EJohns Valley — 34.73°N, 95.35°WJohns Valley — 34.79°N, 96.00°WJohns Valley — 34.79°N, 95.02°WJohns Valley — 34.50°N, 95.63°WJohns Valley — 34.59°N, 95.89°WJohns Valley — 34.67°N, 95.89°WJohns Valley — 34.75°N, 95.75°WJohns Valley — 34.67°N, 95.65°WZafir — 32.14°N, 34.98°EVale das Fontes — 40.03°N, 8.47°WHuglu Tuffite — 36.92°N, 34.24°EDaye — 25.57°N, 106.66°EGliwice — 50.27°N, 18.67°EHolmwood — 28.94°S, 115.54°ERoca — 38.85°S, 67.87°WRoca — 37.56°S, 69.83°WRoca — 38.96°S, 67.59°WSão Gião — 40.03°N, 8.47°WKalinovka — 51.83°N, 54.12°EKalinovka — 52.78°N, 52.26°EKalinovka — 53.69°N, 53.65°EKalinovka — 54.03°N, 52.93°EKalinovka — 52.92°N, 52.87°EKalinovka — 53.00°N, 53.29°EKössen — 47.55°N, 12.17°EGerennavar — 48.10°N, 20.47°ESilica — 41.68°N, 83.73°WSilica — 42.13°N, 83.60°WSilica — 42.33°N, 83.03°WPóvoa da Lomba — 40.03°N, 8.47°WNaujoji Akmené — 55.75°N, 22.50°ENaujoji Akmené — 56.00°N, 23.67°ENaujoji Akmené — 55.92°N, 23.33°ENaujoji Akmené — 54.42°N, 22.78°ENaujoji Akmené — 55.78°N, 21.83°EOpalinuston — 47.95°N, 7.82°E

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The named rock units Bythocytheridae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 63 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 62 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Bythocytheridae and its relatives

Early Triassic

Where Bythocytheridae and its relatives were recorded in the Early Triassic.

Found in the same rock

1,969 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 354 sites for Bythocytheridae, 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

93 references

Each of the 497 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. 81 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

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Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Bythocytheridae, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

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