Ostracoda - Podocopida - Microcheilinellidae
Full reference: S. Crasquin. 2008. Ostracod paleontology, in Ostracods across the Permian-Triassic boundary in western Tethys: the Bulla parastratotype (southern Alps, Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 114(2):233-262
Belongs to Microcheilinella according to S. Crasquin 2008
Sister taxa: Microcheilinella aculeata, Microcheilinella alborzella, Microcheilinella anxianensis, Microcheilinella bicornuta, Microcheilinella buekkensis, Microcheilinella contrariella, Microcheilinella dorsicostata, Microcheilinella egerensis, Microcheilinella hungarica, Microcheilinella inflata, Microcheilinella laterospinosa, Microcheilinella malyinkaensis, Microcheilinella mariettensis, Microcheilinella multinodosa, Microcheilinella pagodaensis, Microcheilinella peculiaris, Microcheilinella perexilis, Microcheilinella peroi, Microcheilinella posthungarica, Microcheilinella postlaterospinosa, Microcheilinella postspinosa, Microcheilinella qinglongensis, Microcheilinella rectodorsata, Microcheilinella shicheni, Microcheilinella shigensis, Microcheilinella speciosa, Microcheilinella subovata, Microcheilinella subreniformis, Microcheilinella tschikalyensis, Microcheilinella tsubogawensis, Microcheilinella venusta, Microcheilinella visnyoensis, Microcheilinella wujiapingensis, Alveus depressus
Type specimen: P6M2306, a carapace. Its type locality is Bulla section BU6, Bulla Member, Ortisei, which is in a Changhsingian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal packstone/wackestone in the Bellerophon Formation of Italy.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Permian of Italy (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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