Cypris florissantensis Cockerell 1910 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cyprididae

Full reference: T. D. A. Cockerell. 1910. Fossil insects and a crustacean from Florissant, Colorado. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 28:275-288

Belongs to Cypris according to T. D. A. Cockerell 1910

Sister taxa: Cypris dashzevegi, Cypris pubera

Type specimen: Its type locality is Florissant (AMNH Collection), which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large shale in the Florissant Formation of Colorado

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Florissant (AMNH Collection)

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