Cypridopsis Brady 1868 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cyprididae

Note: this is a freshwater species.

Parent taxon: Cyprididae according to A. P. Carignano 2012

See also Musacchio 1973, Sepkoski 2002 and Whatley et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Camdenidea, Carbonita, Cyclocyprididae, Cyclocypridinae, Cyprideidae, Cypridinae, Cypridopsinae, Disopontocypridinae, Eucandonidae, Eucypridinae, Eucypris, Herpetocypridinae, Pullvillites, Pulvillites, Scabriculocypris, Trapezoidellidae

Subtaxa: Cypridopsis elachistos Cypridopsis pasocordobensis

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Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (2: Alberta, Ontario collections), the Congo-Kinshasa (1), Italy (1), Mexico (1), United States (1: Texas)

• Hemphillian of United States (1: Indiana)

• Miocene of Libya (1)

• Oligocene of Germany (1)

• Cretaceous of India (1), United States (1: Arizona)

Total: 11 collections including 13 occurrences

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