Actinocythereis howei 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 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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