Amphissites gifuensis Tanaka and Yuan 2012 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae

Full reference: G. Tanaka and A. H. Yuan. 2012. Taxonomic names, in Early Permian ostracods from Mugi County, Gifu Prefecture, central Japan. Paleontological Research 16:88-106

Belongs to Amphissites according to G. Tanaka and A. H. Yuan 2012

Sister taxa: Amphissites (Amphikegelites), Amphissites (Amphissites), Amphissites bushi, Amphissites carinodus, Amphissites centronotus, Amphissites dattonensis, Amphissites knighti, Amphissites marginiferus, Amphissites miseri, Amphissites neocentronotus, Amphissites nodosus, Amphissites rugosus, Amphissites sinensis, Amphissites sosioensis, Amphissites subcentronotus, Amphissites wapanuckensis

Type specimen: MPC-03636, a carapace. Its type locality is Tani-gawa river, Tominoho, Mugi county, which is in a Kungurian carbonate limestone in Japan.

Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tani-gawa river, Tominoho, Mugi county

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