Ostracoda - Podocopida - Loxoconchidae
Full reference: H. V. Howe and J. Chambers. 1935. Louisiana Jackson Eocene Ostracoda. Geological Bulletin 5
Belongs to Loxoconcha according to H. V. Howe and J. Chambers 1935
Sister taxa: Loxoconcha bairdi, Loxoconcha blanckenhorni, Loxoconcha buntoni, Loxoconcha corrugata, 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 Creole bluff on the red river at Montgomery, which is in an Eocene marginal marine horizon in Louisiana
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (6: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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