†Glyptopleura angulata Girty 1910 (ostracod)
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Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae
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 coryelli, Glyptopleura inopinata, Glyptopleura mugiensis, Glyptopleura triserta
Type specimen: USNM 153783, 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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