World Ostracoda Database - Polytylites Cooper, 1941 †

Ostracoda taxon details

Polytylites Cooper, 1941 †

AphiaID

768965 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:768965)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Polytylites geniculatus Cooper, 1941 †

Parent

Amphissitidae Knight, 1928 †

Synonymised names

Amphissites (Polytylites) Cooper, 1941 † · unaccepted (taxon accepted at genus level)

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Species Polytylites ambitus Cooper, 1941 †
Species Polytylites coryelli Elias, 1958 †
Species Polytylites crassus Cooper, 1941 †
Species Polytylites directus Cooper, 1941 †
Species Polytylites diversus Cooper, 1941 †
Species Polytylites geniculatus Cooper, 1941 †
Species Polytylites inornatus (Roth, 1929) Crasquin-Soleau in Crasquin-Soleau & Orchard, 1994 †
Species Polytylites kellettae Elias, 1958 †
Species Polytylites levinsoni Elias, 1958 †
Species Polytylites lobatus Harris & Jobe, 1956 †
Species Polytylites magnituberosus Wang, 1978 †
Species Polytylites pegnensis Becker & Sanchez De Posada, 1977 †
Species Polytylites reticulatus Cooper, 1941 †
Species Polytylites suboblongus Wang, 1978 †
Species Polytylites digitatus Sohn, 1954 † accepted as Buekkella digitata (Sohn, 1954) Kozur, 1985 † (superseded original combination)
Species Polytylites wapanuckaensis (Harlton, 1929) Cooper, 1946 † accepted as † (superseded recombination)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Cooper, C. L. (1941). Chester ostracodes of Illinois,. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.61675 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Brandão, S. N.; Antonietto, L. S.; Pereira, J. S.; Pereira, S. G. G.; Sá, H. A. B.; Praxedes, R. A.; Sabater, L. M., Santos, S.G.; Karanovic, I. (2025). World Ostracoda Database. Polytylites Cooper, 1941 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/ostracoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=768965 on 2025-06-01

Taxonomic edit history

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2014-07-29 06:15:14Z

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Brandão, Simone Nunes

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original description Cooper, C. L. (1941). Chester ostracodes of Illinois,. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.61675 [details]

original description (of Amphissites (Polytylites) Cooper, 1941 †) Cooper, C. L. (1941). Chester ostracodes of Illinois,. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.61675 [details]

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