Cryptophyllus Levinson 1951 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Cryptophyllidae

Synonyms: Aberroconcha Adamczak 1961, Eridoconchinella Krandijevsky 1963, Pichynella Rusconi 1954, Pygoconcha Schallreuter 1968

Parent taxon: Cryptophyllidae according to A. F. Abushik and I. O. Evdokimova 2016

See also Jones and Olempska 2013 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Milleratia

Subtaxa: Cryptophyllus arsinius Cryptophyllus minusculus

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Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of France (5 collections), Morocco (2), Poland (1), Turkey (1), United States (10: Michigan, New York, Ohio)

• Silurian of the Czech Republic (4)

• Whiterockian of Canada (3: Northwest Territories), United States (3: Nevada)

• Chazyan of Canada (3: Northwest Territories)

• Arenigian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories)

• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Ontario), Latvia (1), Peru (1), United States (14: Iowa, Minnesota, Nevada, Oklahoma)

Total: 53 collections including 67 occurrences

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