Cytheropteron montgomeryensis Howe and Chambers 1935 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheruridae

Full reference: H. V. Howe and J. Chambers. 1935. Louisiana Jackson Eocene Ostracoda. Geological Bulletin 5

Belongs to Cytheropteron according to H. V. Howe and J. Chambers 1935

Sister taxa: Cytheropteron (Cytheropteron), Cytheropteron (Eocytheropteron), Cytheropteron alafastigatum, Cytheropteron alatum, Cytheropteron bidentinos, Cytheropteron danvillensis, Cytheropteron galericulum, Cytheropteron hyperdictyon, Cytheropteron inops, Cytheropteron latissima, Cytheropteron nodosum, Cytheropteron planalatum, Cytheropteron reticuloradiata, Cytheropteron rocanum, Cytheropteron schornikovi, Cytheropteron translimitares

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:

• Eocene of Pakistan (3 collections), United States (11: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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