Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Leperditellidae
Full reference: B. Kellett. 1935. Ostracodes of the Upper Pennsylvanian and the Lower Permian strata of Kanss: III. Bairdiidae (concluded), Cytherellidae, Cypridinidae, Entomoconchidae, Cytheridae, and Cypridae. Journal of Paleontology 9(2):132-166
Belongs to Coryellina according to B. Kellett 1935
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 90101. Its type locality is Brick plant cut in field, north of Gage Park, Topeka, which is in a Gzhelian carbonate limestone in the Howard Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Kansas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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