Amphissites dattonensis Harlton 1927 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Amphissitidae

Belongs to Amphissites according to B. Kellett 1933

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Upper Glenn Ostracoda 2, S OK, which is in a Pennsylvanian marine horizon in the Hoxbar Formation of Oklahoma

Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (4: Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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