†Cypridopsis elachistos Whatley et al. 2002 (ostracod)
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Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cyprididae
Full reference: R. Whatley, S. Bajpai, and S. Srinivasan. 2002. Upper Cretaceous intertrappean non-marine Ostracoda from Mohagaonkala (Mohgaon-Kalan), Chhindwara District, Madhya Pradesh State, Central India. Journal of Micropalaeontology 21:105-114
Belongs to Cypridopsis according to R. Whatley et al. 2002
Sister taxon: Cypridopsis pasocordobensis
Type specimen: RUSB 6137, a carapace. Its type locality is 0.5 km west of Mohgaon-Kalan, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial shale in India.
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer
Distribution: found only at 0.5 km west of Mohgaon-Kalan
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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