Polytylites kitanipponica Ishizaki 1964 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae

Full reference: K. Ishizaki. 1964. Middle Permian ostracodes from the Iwaizaki Limestone, northeast Japan. Science Reports of the Tohoku University. Second Series, Geology 36:139-160

Belongs to Polytylites according to K. Ishizaki 1964

Sister taxa: Polytylites diversus, Polytylites simplex

Type specimen: IGPS 85795, a carapace (Adult male). Its type locality is Iwaizaki, Member G, Hashikami Village, Motoyoshi County, Miyagi Prefecture, which is in a Capitanian carbonate limestone in the Iwaizaki Formation of Japan.

Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Iwaizaki, Member G, Hashikami Village, Motoyoshi County, Miyagi Prefecture

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