Quasibollia copelandi Warshauer and Berdan 1982 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Bolliidae

Full reference: S. M. Warshauer and J. M. Berdan. 1982. Palaeocopid and podocopid Ostracoda from the Lexington Limestone and Clays Ferry Formation (Middle and Upper Ordovician) of central Kentucky. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1066(H):1-80

Belongs to Quasibollia according to S. M. Warshauer and J. M. Berdan 1982

Sister taxa: Quasibollia persulcata, Quasibollia ridicula

Type specimen: GSC 10784a. Its type locality is 1963 borehole near southwest shore of Wabi Point. 660-663 ft, which is in a Turinian marine shale in the Bucke Formation of Canada.

Ecology: epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at 1963 borehole near southwest shore of Wabi Point. 660-663 ft

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