Costa (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Synonym: Rectotrachyleberis

Parent taxon: Trachyleberidinae according to E. M. Brouwers 1992

See also Benson et al. 1961, Bertels 1973 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Afranticythereis, Aleisocythereis, Antibythocypris, Apatoleberis, Asperrissimocythere, Asymmetricythere, Basslerites, Benina, Castillocythereis, Curfsina, Cythereis, Falsobuntonia, Fissocythere, Glenocythere, Henryhowella, Hysterocythereis, Jubatocythere, Kamajcythereis, Kingmaina, Oertliella, Orthrocosta, Paracaudites, Paraplatycosta, Petalocythereis, Philoneptunus, Platycosta, Platycythereis, Protocosta, Pterygocythereidini, Quasibuntonia, Rehacythereis, Repandocosta, Sthenarocythereis, Trachyleberidea, Trachyleberidini, Trachyleberis, Veenia, Woodeltia

Subtaxa: Costa (Paracosta) Costa hasenbankae

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Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Italy (5 collections)

• Miocene of Colombia (6), Cuba (1), Italy (7), Trinidad and Tobago (7)

• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (4)

• Eocene of Bangladesh (4), Benin (2), Nigeria (7), Togo (16)

• Paleocene of Argentina (1), Benin (1), Togo (1)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (1)

• Cretaceous of Benin (6), Morocco (1)

Total: 70 collections including 74 occurrences

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