Veenia Butler and Jones 1958 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Full reference: E. A. Butler and D. E. Jones. 1958. Cretaceous Ostracoda of Prothro and Rayburns salt domes Bienville Parish, Louisiana. Louisiana Geological Survey Bulletin 32:1-65

Parent taxon: Trachyleberidinae according to D. Ceolin et al. 2015

See also Benson et al. 1961, Bertels 1968, Bertels 1975 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthocythereis, Aleisocythereis, Apatoleberis, Asperrissimocythere, Castillocythereis, Costa, Curfsina, Cythereis, Falsobuntonia, Fissocythere, Glenocythere, Henryhowella, Hysterocythereis, Kamajcythereis, Kingmaina, Oertliella, Orthrocosta, Paracaudites, Petalocythereis, Philoneptunus, Platycosta, Platycythereis, Protocosta, Pterygocythereidini, Quasibuntonia, Rehacythereis, Repandocosta, Sthenarocythereis, Trachyleberidea, Trachyleberidini, Trachyleberis

Subtaxa: Veenia (Nigeria) Veenia glabella Veenia guianensis Veenia hebetata Veenia lauta Veenia reticulata Veenia tumida Veenia velata

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Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (5), Gambia (1), Morocco (1), the Netherlands (2), Tunisia (1)

Total: 11 collections including 16 occurrences

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