Mimicocythereis Ceolin et al. 2015 (ostracod)

Ostracoda - Podocopida - Trachyleberididae

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Derivation of name. From L. mimicus (via. Gr. llko mimikos), separate from. With reference to the fact that although species belonging to this genus have been described as Bradleya Hornibrook, they were simply masquerading as that genus in that they differ fundamentally in a number of characters, especially in the CMS and belong to different families.

Full reference: D. Ceolin, R. Whatley, G. Fauth and A. Concheyro. 2015. New genera and species of Ostracoda from the Maastrichtian and Danian of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Papers in Palaeontology 1(4): 425-495

Parent taxon: Trachyleberididae according to D. Ceolin et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Abyssocythere, Acanthocythereis, Actinocythereis, Agrenocythere, Ambocythere, Anebocythereis, Aracajuia, Archicythereis, Atlanticythere, Bicornucythere, Bosquetina, Brachycythere, Brachycytherinae, Buntoniinae, Carinocythereis, Cativella, Dutoitella, Echinocythereis, Glencoeleberis, Hirsutocythere, Hyphalocythere, Idiocythere, Isocythereis, Legitimocythere, Leniocythere, Murrayina, Normanicythere, Oligocythereis, Orionina, Oxycythereis, Paleoblitacythereis, Pennyella, Phalcocythere, Protobuntonia, Pseudobosquetina, Pterygocythereidinae, Rabilimis, Rocalaberininae, Rocaleberidinae, Rugocythereis, Sapucariella, Spinoleberis, Spongicythere, Suhmicythere, Taracythere, Trachycythere, Trachyleberidinae

Subtaxa: Mimicocythereis attilai

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Ecology: epifaunal detritivore-grazer

Distribution:

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Argentina (2 collections)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (4)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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