Praezabythocypris incognita Belousova 1965 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae

Alternative combination: Healdia incognita

Full reference: Z. D. Belousova. 1965. Ostracoda, in The Development and Change of Marine Organisms at the Palaeozoic-Mesozoic Boundary. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 108:254-265

Belongs to Praezabythocypris according to H. Kozur 1985

See also Belousova 1965

Sister taxa: Praezabythocypris pulchra, Praezabythocypris pulchraformis, Praezabythocypris subtriangularis

Type specimen: MGU 30/5G. Its type locality is Dorasham 2, Ali Bashi Formation, which is in a Changhsingian marine horizon in the Ali Bashi Formation of Azerbaijan.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Dorasham 2, Ali Bashi Formation

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