Buntonia delta Marianos and Valentine 1958 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

Full reference: A. W. Marianos and J. W. Valentine. 1958. Eocene ostracode fauna from Marysville Buttes, California. Micropaleontology 4(4):363-372

Belongs to Buntonia according to A. W. Marianos and J. W. Valentine 1958

Sister taxa: Buntonia (Buntonia), Buntonia fortunata, Buntonia guttata, Buntonia issabaensis, Buntonia klologoensis, Buntonia livida, Buntonia ouinhiensis, Buntonia parasemitecta, Buntonia parva, Buntonia preklologoensis, Buntonia rocanortensis, Buntonia saginata, Buntonia seco, Buntonia semitecta, Buntonia shubutaensis, Buntonia tenuipunctata, Buntonia torosa

Type specimen: CAS 10479. Its type locality is Fig Tree Gulch, Marysville Buttes, which is in an Eocene/Eocene marine claystone in the Capay Formation of California.

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution: found only at Fig Tree Gulch, Marysville Buttes

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