Loxoconcha jacksonensis Howe and Chambers 1935 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Loxoconchidae

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

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

Sister taxa: Loxoconcha bairdi, Loxoconcha blanckenhorni, Loxoconcha buntoni, Loxoconcha corrugata, Loxoconcha creolensis, Loxoconcha fischeri, Loxoconcha mariafarinhensis, Loxoconcha mornhinvegi, Loxoconcha nuda, Loxoconcha perdecora, Loxoconcha posterocosta, Loxoconcha prava, Loxoconcha pseudopunctatella, Loxoconcha reticularis, Loxoconcha saharaensis, Loxoconcha similis, Loxoconcha stellifera, Loxoconcha subrhomboidea, Loxoconcha uranouchiensis, Loxoconcha vernonensis, Loxoconcha woodwardsensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Keyser Hill, 27 ft bellow Cocoa sand, which is in an Oligocene marginal marine horizon in Alabama

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (2: Alabama collections)

• Eocene of United States (9: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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