Propontocypris (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Pontocyprididae

Parent taxon: Pontocyprididae according to A. Bertels 1968

See also Benson et al. 1961 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Argilloecia, Australoecia, Bakunella, Haworthina, Liasina, Pontocyprella, Pontocypris, Subulacypris

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Dominican Republic (1 collection), France (1)

• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)

• Miocene of Australia (1), Poland (4), Trinidad and Tobago (1)

• Oligocene of Antigua and Barbuda (3), Puerto Rico (3)

• Eocene of New Zealand (1)

• Paleocene of Argentina (1), Trinidad and Tobago (4)

Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence

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