Cytheropteron eleonorae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cytheroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Oligostraca Classis: Ostracoda Subclassis: Podocopa Ordo: Podocopida Subordo: Cytherocopina Superfamilia: Cytheroidea

Familia: Cytheruridae
Genus: Cytheropteron
Species: Cytheropteron eleonorae

Name

Cytheropteron eleonorae Sciuto, 2012

• Type locality: “Cala S. Antonino” along the western side of the Cape Milazzo Peninsula, (38°15'52"N, 15°14'10"E), Sicily, Italy.
• Type horizon: Sicilian Stage, Globorotalia truncatulinoides excelsa Zone, Early Pleistocene, Quaternary, Cenozoic.

Primary references

• Sciuto, F. 2012: Bythocythere solisdeus n. sp. and Cytheropteron eleonorae n. sp. (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from the Early Pleistocene Bathyal Sediments of Cape Milazzo (NE Sicily). Geosciences, 2 (3): 147–156. PDF