†Cytheretta alexanderi Howe and Chambers 1935 (ostracod)
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Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherettidae
Full reference: H. V. Howe and J. Chambers. 1935. Louisiana Jackson Eocene Ostracoda. Geological Bulletin 5
Belongs to Cytheretta according to H. V. Howe and J. Chambers 1935
Sister taxa: Cytheretta burnsi, Cytheretta semiornata
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 (19: Alabama, Louisiana, Louisiana/Texas, Mississippi, North Carolina)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
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