Loxoconcha corrugata Alexander 1934 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Loxoconchidae

Full reference: C. I. Alexander. 1934. Ostracoda of the Midway (Eocene) of Texas. Journal of Paleontology 8(2):206-237

Belongs to Loxoconcha according to C. I. Alexander 1934

Sister taxa: Loxoconcha bairdi, Loxoconcha blanckenhorni, Loxoconcha buntoni, Loxoconcha creolensis, Loxoconcha fischeri, Loxoconcha jacksonensis, Loxoconcha mariafarinhensis, Loxoconcha mornhinvegi, Loxoconcha nuda, Loxoconcha perdecora, Loxoconcha posterocosta, Loxoconcha prava, Loxoconcha pseudopunctatella, Loxoconcha reticularis, Loxoconcha saharaensis, Loxoconcha similis, Loxoconcha stellifera, Loxoconcha subrhomboidea, Loxoconcha uranouchiensis, Loxoconcha vernonensis, Loxoconcha woodwardsensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Station 21, tributary of Tehuacana Creek, which is in a Danian/Selandian marginal marine claystone in the Wills Point Formation of Texas

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Station 21, tributary of Tehuacana Creek

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