Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae

Alternative combination: Glyptopleura inopitana

Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1910. New genera and species of Carboniferous fossils from the Fayetteville shale of Arkansas. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 20(3):189-238

Belongs to Glyptopleura according to I.G. Sohn 1969

See also Girty 1910

Sister taxa: Glyptopleura angulata, Glyptopleura coryelli, Glyptopleura mugiensis, Glyptopleura triserta

Type specimen: USNM 153790, a carapace

Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USNM 1339A. Sam Eidson's Stillhouse, 9 miles north east of Fayetteville (Carboniferous of Arkansas)

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