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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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