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 Actinocythereis according to A. W. Marianos and J. W. Valentine 1958
Sister taxa: Actinocythereis biposterospinata, Actinocythereis captionis, Actinocythereis exanthemata, Actinocythereis imbeensis, Actinocythereis indigena, Actinocythereis microagrenon, Actinocythereis orientalis, Actinocythereis rex, Actinocythereis tuberculata
Type specimen: CAS 10481. 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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