Buntonia Howe 1935 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Parent taxon: Buntoniinae according to A. Bertels 1973

See also CarreƱo and Cronin 1993, Marianos and Valentine 1958 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Huantraiconella, Phacorhabdotus, Togoina

Subtaxa: Buntonia delta Buntonia guttata Buntonia parva Buntonia rocanortensis Buntonia saginata Buntonia seco Buntonia shubutaensis Buntonia torosa

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Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Miocene of Italy (5 collections), South Africa (3), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene of Mexico (1), Turkey (2), United States (1: Louisiana)

• Eocene of Mexico (1), Nigeria (6), United States (12: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Louisiana/Texas, Mississippi)

• Paleocene of Trinidad and Tobago (5)

• Cretaceous of Gambia (1), Morocco (10)

Total: 48 collections including 53 occurrences

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