Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Alternative combination: Cytheridea (Haplocytheridea) montgomeryensis
Full reference: H. V. Howe and J. Chambers. 1935. Louisiana Jackson Eocene Ostracoda. Geological Bulletin 5
Belongs to Cytheridea according to H. V. Howe and J. Chambers 1935
See also Stephenson 1936
Sister taxa: Cytheridea (Clithrocytheridea), Cytheridea (Cytheridea), Cytheridea (Haplocytheridea), Cytheridea broussardi, Cytheridea byramensis, Cytheridea caldwellensis, Cytheridea campwallacensis, Cytheridea carolinensis, Cytheridea chesapeakensis, Cytheridea ehlersi, Cytheridea fornicata, Cytheridea garretti, Cytheridea grigsbyi, Cytheridea hopkinsi, Cytheridea jessupensis, Cytheridea kellumi, Cytheridea leei, Cytheridea marthavillensis, Cytheridea mcguirti, Cytheridea moodyi, Cytheridea multipunctata, Cytheridea pendletonesis, Cytheridea perarcuata, Cytheridea pyeatti, Cytheridea robertsi, Cytheridea ruginosa, Cytheridea ruida, Cytheridea sabinensis, Cytheridea spooneri, Cytheridea subovata, Cytheridea veatchi, Cytheridea wallacei
Type specimen: Its type locality is Creole bluff on the red river at Montgomery, which is in an Eocene marginal marine horizon in Louisiana
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: Alabama collections)
• Eocene of United States (18: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
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