Thaumatomma piscifrons Kornicker and Sohn 1976 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Halocyprida - Thaumatocyprididae

Full reference: L. S. Kornicker and I. G. Sohn. 1976. Phlyogeny, ontogeny, and morphology of living and fossil Thaumatocypridacea (Myodocopa: Ostracoda). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 219:1-124

Belongs to Thaumatomma according to O.-G. Sebe et al. 2013

See also Kornicker and Sohn 1976 and Sohn and Kornicker 1998

Sister taxa: Thaumatomma doescheri, Thaumatomma elongata, Thaumatomma granti, Thaumatomma kozuri, Thaumatomma newelli, Thaumatomma permiana, Thaumatomma procax

Type specimen: USNM 168167, a valve (left valve). Its type locality is USNM9261, Episkopi, Hydra Island, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine packstone/wackestone in the Episkopi Formation of Greece.

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution:

• Triassic of Romania (1 collection)

• Permian of Greece (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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