Cypridea Bosquet 1852 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cyprididae

Parent taxon: Cyprideinae according to A. Mennad et al. 2020

See also Musacchio 1973, Musacchio and Simeoni 1991, Ruiz-OmeƱaca et al. 1997 and Sinitsa 1986

Sister taxa: Damonella, Hourcqia, Mantelliana, Mongolocypris

Subtaxa: Cypridea (Pseudocypridina) Cypridea gurvanensis Cypridea vistaalegrensis

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Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Algeria (1 collection), Canada (1: Alberta), China (6), France (2), Mongolia (3), Poland (2), Spain (7), the United Kingdom (3), United States (2: Alaska, Utah)

• Jurassic of Portugal (3), Spain (1)

Total: 31 collections including 53 occurrences

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