Cytheridea montgomeryensis Howe and Chambers 1935 (ostracod)

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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