Ostracoda - Podocopida - Candonidae
Full reference: H. V. Howe and J. Chambers. 1935. Louisiana Jackson Eocene Ostracoda. Geological Bulletin 5
Belongs to Paracypris according to H. V. Howe and J. Chambers 1935
Sister taxa: Paracypris aculeata, Paracypris bertelsae, Paracypris eniotmetos, Paracypris gaetanii, Paracypris imaguncula, Paracypris jaguelensis, Paracypris jinyaensis, Paracypris jonesi, Paracypris krivipotokensis, Paracypris levis, Paracypris meridionalis, Paracypris oanaella, Paracypris perapiculata, Paracypris polita, Paracypris redcarensis, Paracypris rosefieldensis, Paracypris scalaris, Paracypris semidisca, Paracypris tabulasaxensis, Paracypris vietnamensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Keyser Hill, 27 ft bellow Cocoa sand, which is in an Oligocene marginal marine horizon in Alabama
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: Alabama collections)
• Eocene of United States (14: Alabama, Louisiana, Louisiana/Texas, Mississippi)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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